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New York Chatbot Law Requires Adults to Verify Their Age
What sounds like child protection also looks like a new speech code for software.
European Commission Says TikTok Recommendation Algorithm Breaches Censorship Law
The algorithm’s offense is doing what users asked of it, slightly too well.
Australia Concedes Social Media Ban Burdens Political Communication
The government’s defense is a remarkably candid admission dressed in constitutional understatement.
The Age Verification Pressure Hidden Inside New Brunswick’s Bill 12
The bill never says verify everyone, but its logic points in that direction.
Europe Is Not Rethinking Online Age Checks, Only Who Gets To Run Them
What looks like a retreat from national laws is really a queue forming for one European system.
45 Attorneys General Urgently Want Congress to Push Platforms Toward Age Checks
Washington is being asked to referee the internet’s most persistent identity check.
Utah Begins Enforcing Online Age Verification
Utah will enforce SB 73 age verification for adult websites despite a federal court blocking geolocation rules.
Reddit Moves Toward A Logged In Only Experience
Search traffic is falling, RSS is disappearing, and Reddit is closing another door to the open web.
Fifth Circuit Reopens Challenge to Texas Online Age Verification Law
The Fifth Circuit’s next move could decide how far Texas may police the social web.
Australia’s Online Censorship Bill Moves To Senate With Age-Gating Fears Intact
The amendments were sold as polish, but the bill is starting to look more like infrastructure for universal age checks.
Alabama is Sued Over App Store Age Verification Law
The complaint argues that carding users before they reach an app is not so different from carding readers at a bookstore.
New York’s AI Law Will Require Age Checks for All Users
New York already wants social media feeds behind an age gate. Chatbots were always going to be the sequel.
