Child-safety is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
EU plans to regulate TikTok and Instagram for “addictive design,” introduce a privacy-centric age-verification tool, and push a legal proposal by summer, signaling rising global regulatory risk for children’s social-media safety.
Meta (Facebook/Instagram) is piloting an AI system that analyzes bone structure and other cues to detect and remove under-13 users, touted as non-facial recognition and aimed at child safety.
New Mexico won a $375 million verdict against Meta and now seeks a three-week trial to mandate safety changes (age verification, limits on encryption for under-18s), a development with broad regulatory and operational implications for Meta.
Roblox shares fell 18% on news that child-safety measures weigh on bookings.
Meta will let parents view the topics their child discussed with Meta AI.
Two juries in New Mexico and Los Angeles found Meta liable for harming minors, with YouTube also liable, resulting in hundreds of millions in damages on appeal and signaling heightened platform-liability risk.
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