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ethics 2026-05-05
The UK Banned Social Media for Kids. It Just Doesn't Know How Yet.
The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act passed last week with a mandatory July 2027 deadline for under-16 restrictions. The government has not yet named the platforms, the age verification method, or whether ISPs will be required to block VPNs.
power 2026-04-15
The EU Just Built the Infrastructure to Ban Children from Social Media. The Harder Question Is Who Decides What a Child Is.
Von der Leyen announced an EU age verification app today. Canada is going further and applying the same logic to AI chatbots. The technology exists. The politics are just beginning.