Big tech stops complaining, starts complying with Australia's teen social media banAustralia will ban under-16s from social media from December 10, forcing platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Meta to block young users. Tee...
12 Nov, 2025, 08.37 AM IST
Technology to enforce teen social media ban 'effective', trial says, but this is at odds with other evidenceAustralia’s trial of age-assurance technologies for enforcing a social media ban on under-16s claims methods are “private, robust and effec...
21 Jun, 2025, 12.23 PM IST
After Australia legislated a teen social media ban, it has to figure out how to enforce itAustralia is conducting a trial on enforcing a national teen social media ban by using age-checking technology. From late 2025, major socia...
29 Nov, 2024, 08.25 AM IST
Meta expands AI face-scanning to Facebook dating in USMeta announced that it has expanded its Artificial Intelligence (AI) face-scanning tool and ID Upload tool to Facebook Dating in the US, to...
06 Dec, 2022, 11.26 AM IST
Instagram brings new age verification test to IndiaMeta-owned Instagram has brought its new test for users to verify their age via an original ID or video selfie to India, amid growing worri...
14 Oct, 2022, 12.20 PM IST
Instagram tests new tools for age verificationInstagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Meta Platforms Inc said it is testing two new ways to verify a person's age and allowing them...
23 Jun, 2022, 04.03 PM IST
Non-financial firms chase digital verification startupsThese companies are using the services of startups such as IDfy, VerifyDigital, inVOID and Yoti to identify employees, run checks on gig ec...
20 Nov, 2019, 08.06 AM IST