The UK government has announced plans to introduce a nationwide ban on social media access for children under the age of 16, marking one of the most significant proposed interventions in online child safety to date. Under the proposals, children under 16 would be prohibited from accessing major social media platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Threads, […]
The UK government has announced plans to introduce a nationwide ban on social media access for children under the age of 16, marking one of the most significant proposed interventions in online child safety to date. Under the proposals, children under 16 would be prohibited from accessing major social media platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Threads, […]
The G7 nations have agreed a landmark set of common principles aimed at creating a safer and more secure online environment for children and young people. While governments around the world have increasingly focused on online safety in recent years, the agreement marks one of the clearest examples yet of international alignment around a shared […]
Verifymy has officially achieved ISO/IEC 27566-1:2025 certification from the Age Check Certification Scheme for its age assurance solution. The certification confirms that the platform meets the requirements of ACCS 1:2025 Technical Requirements for Age Assurance Systems, incorporating the new international ISO 27566-1 standard. Alongside the overall solution, Verifymy’s email-based age checks and facial age estimation […]
Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has published draft guidance on age assurance strategies under the country’s new Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents (Digital ECA), marking another significant step in the global evolution of online age assurance regulation. The consultation provides one of the clearest indications yet of how Brazil intends to approach age […]
This week marks a significant moment in the UK’s evolving online safety landscape. The Crime and Policing Bill has now passed its final stages in Parliament and awaits Royal Assent – a formality that will bring the legislation into force. Once enacted, the Bill will introduce new criminal prohibitions on certain categories of pornographic content, […]
Recent headlines involving X, its AI tools, and the proliferation of non-consensual synthetic imagery have brought a long-standing issue back into sharp focus: how do we protect people – and particularly children and those disproportionately targeted, including women and girls – from image-based abuse in an age of generative AI? While non-consensual intimate image (NCII) […]
Australia today becomes the first country in the world to introduce an outright ban on under-16s holding social media accounts, a move that has captured global attention. Governments from Europe to North America are already signalling that they are watching closely – not only to see whether the policy reduces online harms, but also to […]
On November 25th 2025, Ofcom published its new guidance on improving online safety for women and girls – marking a significant shift in how platforms are expected to design, govern and operate their services. While the Online Safety Act already holds platforms legally responsible for protecting UK users from illegal content and content that is […]
Brazil recently took a significant step toward protecting minors in digital spaces. On September 17, 2025, the country’s president signed Bill 2628/2022, known as the Digital ECA (Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente). The law will take effect on March 17, 2026, and will be enforced by the ANPD, Brazil’s data protection authority. The […]
As part of our ongoing collaboration with Internet Matters, we recently hosted a webinar focused on one of the most important recent developments in online safety: the rollout of age checks across online platforms. The background Under the UK’s Online Safety Act, sites and apps that host or publish pornography must implement highly effective age […]
On September 15th, New York’s Attorney General has released proposed rules for the SAFE for Kids Act, a landmark law requiring social media companies to protect under-18 users from algorithmically personalised (or “addictive”) feeds and late-night push notifications. While the law is driven by evidence that algorithmically-curated feeds fuel depression, anxiety and other harms, the […]
This week, the Australian eSafety Commissioner registered six new industry-drafted codes, adding to the three introduced earlier in the year. Together, these nine codes mark a significant expansion of online safety regulation in Australia, and an important shift in focus. Until now, industry codes and standards under the Online Safety Act have primarily dealt with […]
The UK government has announced plans to introduce a nationwide ban on social media access for children under the age of 16, marking one of the most significant proposed interventions in online child safety to date. Under the proposals, children under 16 would be prohibited from accessing major social media platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Threads, […]
The G7 nations have agreed a landmark set of common principles aimed at creating a safer and more secure online environment for children and young people. While governments around the world have increasingly focused on online safety in recent years, the agreement marks one of the clearest examples yet of international alignment around a shared […]
Verifymy has officially achieved ISO/IEC 27566-1:2025 certification from the Age Check Certification Scheme for its age assurance solution. The certification confirms that the platform meets the requirements of ACCS 1:2025 Technical Requirements for Age Assurance Systems, incorporating the new international ISO 27566-1 standard. Alongside the overall solution, Verifymy’s email-based age checks and facial age estimation […]
Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has published draft guidance on age assurance strategies under the country’s new Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents (Digital ECA), marking another significant step in the global evolution of online age assurance regulation. The consultation provides one of the clearest indications yet of how Brazil intends to approach age […]
This week marks a significant moment in the UK’s evolving online safety landscape. The Crime and Policing Bill has now passed its final stages in Parliament and awaits Royal Assent – a formality that will bring the legislation into force. Once enacted, the Bill will introduce new criminal prohibitions on certain categories of pornographic content, […]
Recent headlines involving X, its AI tools, and the proliferation of non-consensual synthetic imagery have brought a long-standing issue back into sharp focus: how do we protect people – and particularly children and those disproportionately targeted, including women and girls – from image-based abuse in an age of generative AI? While non-consensual intimate image (NCII) […]
Australia today becomes the first country in the world to introduce an outright ban on under-16s holding social media accounts, a move that has captured global attention. Governments from Europe to North America are already signalling that they are watching closely – not only to see whether the policy reduces online harms, but also to […]
On November 25th 2025, Ofcom published its new guidance on improving online safety for women and girls – marking a significant shift in how platforms are expected to design, govern and operate their services. While the Online Safety Act already holds platforms legally responsible for protecting UK users from illegal content and content that is […]
Brazil recently took a significant step toward protecting minors in digital spaces. On September 17, 2025, the country’s president signed Bill 2628/2022, known as the Digital ECA (Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente). The law will take effect on March 17, 2026, and will be enforced by the ANPD, Brazil’s data protection authority. The […]
As part of our ongoing collaboration with Internet Matters, we recently hosted a webinar focused on one of the most important recent developments in online safety: the rollout of age checks across online platforms. The background Under the UK’s Online Safety Act, sites and apps that host or publish pornography must implement highly effective age […]
On September 15th, New York’s Attorney General has released proposed rules for the SAFE for Kids Act, a landmark law requiring social media companies to protect under-18 users from algorithmically personalised (or “addictive”) feeds and late-night push notifications. While the law is driven by evidence that algorithmically-curated feeds fuel depression, anxiety and other harms, the […]
This week, the Australian eSafety Commissioner registered six new industry-drafted codes, adding to the three introduced earlier in the year. Together, these nine codes mark a significant expansion of online safety regulation in Australia, and an important shift in focus. Until now, industry codes and standards under the Online Safety Act have primarily dealt with […]
On Wednesday 27th August, the Canadian Digital Governance Standards Institute (DGSI) published CAN/DGSI 127:2025 – Age Assurance Technologies, Canada’s first national standard dedicated to the design and use of age assurance systems. This isn’t a new law mandating age checks – rather, it is a principles-based framework that sets out best practices for verifying users’ […]
