News “Parents should approve app store downloads,” Meta’s Global head of safety says Meta is arguing that age verification through app stores would not only ease up the verification process but would also help preserve privacy since... Kamya PandeyNovember 17, 2023
News Indian Government’s DIKSHA app under scrutiny for alleged breach of children’s data The report of a breach of student and teacher data had come after another in 2019 on third-party access to children's location data Vallari SanzgiriFebruary 16, 2023
News What are the different age verification methods available and why are they problematic? A summary of six different age verification solutions used at present, issues with them, and how they can be improved to protect privacy Sarvesh MathiJanuary 11, 2023
News Seven Issues With How The Data Protection Bill Safeguards Children’s Data The Bill fails to consider the needs and interests of minors in different age groups, lacks privacy by design, among other drawbacks Akshit ChawlaDecember 17, 2022
News How The Data Protection Bill Restricts Children’s Access To The Internet #NAMA Is the new data protection bill focussed on improving access to internet for children, or the opposite? Stakeholders gave their views at our event Akshit ChawlaDecember 17, 2022
News Platforms No Longer Have to Remove “Harmful” Legal Content Under the UK’s Online Safety Bill In a shift, platforms are now banned from restricting users or the content they create if it doesn't violate their terms of service or... Aarathi GanesanNovember 29, 2022
News Why is the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, not happy with age verification on adult sites? Ofcom says that measures taken by adult sites hosting pornography are not adequate when it comes to kids' access MitakshNovember 1, 2022
News After US, Instagram introduces age-verification testing program in India Instagram is testing age verification of users, now expanded to India and Brazil amid concerns of child safety and privacy online Vallari SanzgiriOctober 17, 2022
News How do we protect children’s privacy online? Speakers weigh in at #PrivacyNama2022 Panelists at PrivacyNama 2022 conference on protection of children and their privacy coming to the fore in regulatory efforts globally Akshit ChawlaOctober 14, 2022
News Businesses to brace themselves for California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code California has passed its law on age appropriate design code aiming to 'protect' children from online harms: why is it controversial? Vallari SanzgiriOctober 11, 2022