Australia's teen social media ban fails to clear first hurdle in age checks, says study

Australia's online platforms are stumbling at the very first step in implementing age checks for users, rendering a world-first teen social media ban ineffective, a ​study by a team that advised the ...

Australia's teen social media ban stumbles as platforms skip age checks

Since December 2025, services such as Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X, and others have been required to ...

Apple must continue to age-verify users in Texas, says one-sentence ruling

Apple must continue to carry out age verification of iPhone users in Texas after the Supreme Court denied a request to pause ...
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Texas app age verification law can take effect, Supreme Court decides

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to block a Texas law requiring app stores and developers to verify the age of mobile device users.
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U.S. Supreme Court declines request to block Texas’ app age verification law

A federal appeals court had allowed Texas to require app stores to verify users’ ages and seek parental consent before a ...