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19.06.26 - 17:54
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Appeals Court Allows Ohio To Restrict Children′s Use Of Social Media (ZeroHedge)
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Appeals Court Allows Ohio To Restrict Children's Use Of Social Media
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Ohio to enforce a law requiring social media companies to obtain parental consent before permitting children under 16 to access their platforms.
Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and Reddit applications are displayed on a mobile phone on Dec. 9, 2025. Hollie Adams/Reuters
The law, known as the Social Media Parental Notification Act, was passed by the state's legislature in 2023 and took effect in January 2024. NetChoice - a trade group representing TikTok, Meta, and other major tech companies - later filed a lawsuit, alleging that the law was unconstitutional.
In April, U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley ruled in NetChoice's favor and permanently blocked Ohio from enforcing the law. The state subsequently appealed the ruling.
In a 2-1 decision on June 18, a panel of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rever...
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19.06.26 - 15:36
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The UK′s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech | Taylor Lorenz (The Guardian)
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Age verification means that the sector's biggest players will now have access to information that will only make them richer and more powerfulThis week, the UK announced a wide-ranging ban on social media that will soon block users from communicating or accessing information on apps such as X, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat unless they prove that they're over the age of 16.The prime minister, Keir Starmer, called the policy “a line in the sand”. “Tech giants had their chance and failed,” he said, “but we're stepping in to protect children, back parents and set a new normal for future generations.” All internet users, especially children, should be protected from exploitative systems online, but this new law will only foster more harm and help the largest and most powerful tech companies consolidate power and influence over everyone's lives.Taylor Lorenz is a technology journalist who writes the newsletter User Mag and is the author of the bestselling book Extremely Onlin...
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18.06.26 - 11:01
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Italien bremst bei Social-Media-Verbot für Minderjährige (Tichys Einblick)
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„Ich bin nicht gegen ein Social-Media-Verbot für Kinder und Jugendliche unter 16 Jahren, aber ich bin auch nicht überzeugt, dass dieser Vorschlag allein das Problem löst, weil solche Verbote leicht umgangen werden können“, erklärte Meloni gegenüber Journalisten am Rande des G7-Gipfels in Evian-les-Bains. Mit einem Verbot riskiere man, die Verantwortung lediglich auf die Familien abzuwälzen.
Der Beitrag Italien bremst bei Social-Media-Verbot für Minderjährige erschien zuerst auf Tichys Einblick....
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17.06.26 - 21:12
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UK social media ban ′likely to cause £1.3bn drop′ in digital advertising spend (The Guardian)
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TV streamers and family shows set to benefit as brands cease marketing to teenagers on sites such as YouTubeAnalysis: impact of social media ban in UK hinges on how firm it isBrands are expected to cut more than £1bn of digital advertising spending due to the UK's ban on social media for under-16s, with streaming services tipped to benefit as advertisers try to reach large audiences of teenagers.The ban, due to come into force early next year, will leave UK advertisers scrambling to reassess marketing plans as millions of under-16s effectively disappear as a demographic that can be marketed to on platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube. Continue reading......
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17.06.26 - 15:00
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A Social Media Ban For Minors Requires Data From Everyone (ZeroHedge)
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A Social Media Ban For Minors Requires Data From Everyone
Authored by Luke Nelson and Mike Campbell via The Epoch Times,
In debating a social media ban for minors, it appears we face a choice between two perceived harms.
One is the reported damage that social media is doing to the mental health of children and adolescents.
The other is the normalization of mass age verification systems—most likely involving biometrics—that would apply to everyone, not just minors.
This carries real risks of privacy invasion, data breaches, and future mission creep.
There is little dispute that many Western countries have experienced a rise in youth mental health problems beginning around 2010–2012 (when Smartphones and social media exploded). Anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicide rates among adolescents, particularly girls, have increased dramatically since this period. There is disagreement, however, not over whether these spikes exist, but whether they can be attributed specifically to social m...
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17.06.26 - 12:01
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Great Britain risks new battle with Trump over social media ban (The Hill)
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Great Britain's new social media ban for kids under 16 is threatening to escalate longtime tensions with the Trump administration over internet and social media policy. Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed this week his nation is moving forward with the ban, less than a week after the White House urged Downing Street against it, citing concerns over free speech......
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17.06.26 - 11:24
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Telegram Founder Warns UK Social Media Ban Is Digital Iceberg About To Sink The Free Internet (ZeroHedge)
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Telegram Founder Warns UK Social Media Ban Is Digital Iceberg About To Sink The Free Internet
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,
Telegram founder Pavel Durov told the Freedom Forum audience in Oslo that Western societies have already struck the iceberg and started sinking - yet most citizens remain in their cabins, convinced the ship of personal freedoms is unsinkable.
His remarks arrive precisely as Keir Starmer's government rams through a social media ban for under-16s that functions as the perfect pretext for mandatory digital ID, device-level scanning on every phone, and the practical elimination of anonymous speech online.
The policy is dressed in the familiar language of child protection. In practice it requires every major platform to verify ages with facial scans, passports or credit card data. What starts as a restriction on minors rapidly becomes a national system of internet passports.
Encrypted messaging apps currently sit outside the ban, but the same Online Safety Act frame...
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