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Online Safety Act

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First tracked: Jan 13, 2026
Last updated: Jun 2, 2026

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Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?

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Global push for age verification is accelerating into mandatory identity verification at app-store/os levels, with major privacy, surveillance, and regulatory implications for platforms and users.

Jun 2, 20261%

Reality is losing the deepfake war

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C2PA labeling is failing to prevent AI-driven manipulation; adoption is fragmented and regulatory action (e.g., the UK Online Safety Act) may be required to push platforms toward any effective solution.

Feb 5, 20261%

UK pushes up a law criminalizing deepfake nudes in response to Grok

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UK formally brings into force criminal penalties for creating nonconsensual intimate deepfakes, tying the offense to the Data Act and Online Safety Act in response to the Grok incident.

Jan 13, 20261%

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