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Age Verification
126 published works
Red Clover Advisors Blog
Kids, Teens, and the Privacy Patchwork: What Organizations Need to Know and Do
By Jodi Daniels
As privacy professionals, we’ve watched US state privacy expand to an extraordinary 23 comprehensive privacy laws across the country. But what a lot of companies haven’t necessarily clocked yet is…
Freedom & Ethics
SIMPLER TIMES:WHEN VERMONT’S GREAT MENACE WAS THE OUT-OF-STATE DRIVER’S LICENSE
By Ed Adrian
There was a time when a 22-year-old college student could walk into a Vermont bar carrying a perfectly valid Massachusetts driver’s license and discover that Massachusetts had apparently lost the…
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
More Data on Online Age Authentication Balk Rates
By Eric Goldman
Created by ChatGPT May 2026 In a prior post, I surveyed the rates at which consumers do not complete online age authentication processes, what I call the “balk” rate. There…
Connect on Tech
United Arab Emirates: Legislation Issued Banning Under-15s from Social Media
By Dino Wilkinson, Marilyn Acquah
In brief On 17 June 2026, the UAE Cabinet issued Resolution No. 106 of 2026, the first detailed instrument under the Child Digital Safety Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2025).…
EU Law Analysis
The End of Immunity for Internet Service Providers? C-188/24 WebGroup Czech Republic and NKL Associates and C-190/24 Coyote System, judgment 16 June 2026
By stevepeerseulawanalysis-blogspot-com
Lorna Woods, Professor Emerita, University of Essex Photo credit: TodayTesting.com, via Wikimedia Commons This recent CJEU judgment has been flagged in some quarters as upholding the French rules requiring…
Michael Geist Blog
Soft Ban or Hard Verification Requirement?: Why Bill C-34’s Social Media Ban Exemption Gets the Incentives Wrong and Comes Too Late to Matter
The debate over Bill C-34’s social media ban for those under sixteen has largely focused on the impact on users, including mandated age verification for millions, the privacy risks of…
Truth on the Market
Texas Wants to Check Your App Store Papers
By Ben Sperry
Smartphones are no longer just phones. For kids, they are libraries, newspapers, classrooms, cameras, maps, town squares, and, yes, bottomless distraction machines. Texas Senate Bill 2420 treats access to all…
Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
What’s New? June 2026
Online safety roundup The UK government has announced that it will ban social media for under 16s, in line with a growing number of jurisdictions placing restrictions on social media…
Founders Legal Blog
Texas App Store Accountability Act: Texas just made app developers part of the age-verification system
By Elena Rogers
Texas App Store Accountability Act: Texas just made app developers part of the age-verification system by Elena Rogers Texas App Store Accountability Act: Texas just made app developers part of…
Michael Geist
Everything You Wanted to Know About a Kids’ Social Media Ban (But Were Rightly Afraid to Ask): A FAQ on Age Verification and Mandated ID for Everyone
The government is expected to table the Digital Safety Act on Wednesday with reports that it will include a ban on social media for those under 16, framed as a…