2025-05-25
TEXAS “The proposal would prohibit minors from creating accounts on social media sites, such as Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, and more, and require users to verify their ages. Companies would have to comply with the ban by April 2026.” https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
NBC News
Texas is set to enact one of the strictest bans on social media for minors, with age verification requirements and letting parents request account deletions
It's the latest attempt in a growing effort by states to enact significant limits on the use of social media by young people.
2023-08-31
“In the roadmap, @eSafetyOffice research found of the 75% of 16 to 18-year-olds who said they had seen online pornography, nearly one-third had seen it before the age of 13, and nearly half between 13 and 15.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
The Guardian
Australia abandons its plans to mandate age verification tech for porn sites, citing privacy and security concerns, and will instead focus on educating parents
The eSafety commissioner is to work with industry on a new code to educate parents about how to access filtering software and limit children's access