by Rebecca Burgess | Jul 10, 2026
The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act requires major social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent under 16s from holding accounts, effective December 2025. Separate industry codes require age assurance for pornography and other high...
by Rebecca Burgess | Jul 9, 2026
Nearly five million under 16 accounts have been deactivated or restricted. The government’s independent Age Assurance Technology Trial, which evaluated 48 providers before commencement, found age assurance can be done privately, robustly and effectively. Compliance...
by Rebecca Burgess | Jul 9, 2026
More than 20 states now require age verification for sites with significant adult content, and the legislative trend is expanding to app stores, with states including Utah and Texas requiring app stores to verify ages and obtain parental consent for minors’ downloads....
by Rebecca Burgess | Jul 9, 2026
The Supreme Court answered this in June 2025 in the Free Speech Coalition v Paxton case, upholding Texas’s age verification law for pornographic websites. The Court held that requiring proof of age to access material that is obscene to minors is consistent with the...
by Rebecca Burgess | Jul 9, 2026
The Commission has published a white label age verification solution, feature complete since April 2026, that member states can adopt directly or integrate into national apps. It lets users prove they are over 18 without revealing anything else, and is built...
