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Social media needs age verification for users under 15, say 11 EU member states
Eleven countries are advocating for mandatory age verification for social media to be included in the minor-protection guidelines of the Digital Services Act.
Mississippi Online Age-Verification Law Blocked for Second Time
Mississippi can’t enforce its 2024 online age-verification law against Meta Platforms Inc., YouTube LLC, X Corp., and five ...
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Private, effective age verification is possible: Australia age assurance technology trial
Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial has published its preliminary findings – a set of observations based on the first phases of the Trial’s evaluation.
Technology to enforce teen social media ban is ‘effective’, trial says. But this is at odds with other evidence
The trial’s project director, Tony Allen, said “there are no significant technological barriers” to assuring people’s ages ...
Trial finds age assurance can be done, as under-16s social media ban deadline looms
A company contracted by the government to assess technologies for verifying the ages of online users says it can be done ...
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Money blog: Markets rattled after Trump's message to Tehran
This seems unlikely in your case, but check to see if the builder is a member of a trade association such as the Federation of Master Builders. The FMB conducts a vetting and independent ...