In our society, age restrictions are a cornerstone for protecting the physical and mental safety of our children. While it's simple to prevent a child from working before age 14 or from getting behind ...

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has been reintroduced into Congress. If passed into law, this bill could impose some of the most significant legislative changes ...

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) aims to protect children online but raises concerns about free speech and government overreach. KOSA empowers federal agencies to define appropriate online content, ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee discussed ways to strengthen the safety of children in the digital space in a hearing Wednesday. Spokespersons for Blackburn and Blumenthal, who both sit on the ...

From the very early days of the internet, Brits had almost limitless access to porn of all kinds – hardcore, softcore, legal and questionable. It was so readily available that many got their first ...

Congress is faced with a controversial piece of legislation: the Kids Online Safety Act. Designed to mitigate internet-based harms to children, the bill has been negatively compared to another ...

The way people in the UK might navigate the internet is changing. Under the Online Safety Act, platforms must take action - such as carrying out age checks - to stop children seeing illegal and ...

Online harms regulator Ofcom can begin enforcing its Illegal Content codes under the Online Safety Act (OSA) after giving firms three months to prepare. Published 16 December 2024, Ofcom’s Illegal ...

In theory, the UK’s Online Safety Act should be fully implemented by the Spring. But in 2025, the US technology sector is not even pretending to give a damn. The core tenet of the UK’s Online Safety ...

If you live in the UK, the way you access the internet is about to fundamentally change. A new law, the Online Safety Act, comes into force on 25 July and will see a broad range of online providers ...

Harassment, hate, and other social harms feel like an online inevitability, but developers are finally addressing their impact in a meaningful way. In 2025 we will enter a new era of safety by design ...

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