Norway plans to ban social media for children under 16 and shift age verification liability to platforms
The minority Labour government, led by PM Jonas Gahr Støre, announced the legislation on Friday. The age threshold has been raised from the 15-year limit proposed in the 2025 consultation, aligning N [...]
Ursula Von der Leyen pushes EU-wide social-media age protections for children
The European Commission president said an EU age-verification app is technically complete and that bloc-level rules on minimum social-media ages are next. France, Spain, and several others are already [...]
Spain holds the line on social media and AI rules as US tech lobbying intensifies
Digital transformation minister Óscar López says ‘the profit of four tech companies cannot come at the expense of the rights of millions’ as Madrid’s regulatory package moves through parliamen [...]
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle school addiction lawsuit, leaving Meta to face trial alone
Snap, Google’s YouTube, and ByteDance’s TikTok have reached settlements in the first lawsuit brought by a public school district over claims that social media addiction has disrupted learning and [...]
Canada wants to ban under-16s from social media, and rein in AI chatbots too
Canada has introduced a bill that would bar under-16s from social media and, in a twist that sets it apart from other countries, regulate AI chatbots in the same sweep. The Digital Safety Act, tabled [...]
A US court just cleared thousands of social media harm lawsuits to proceed
US appeals court has cleared thousands of lawsuits accusing the biggest social media companies of harming young people to move towards trial, in a ruling that chips away at the legal shield the tech i [...]
UK under-16s social media rules to reach into gaming and AI chatbots
Britain is expected to set out restrictions on how children under 16 use social media, in a package that could ban access to the main platforms and curb features judged too addictive for young users, [...]