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Ireland's media watchdog investigates X over concerns about age assurance measures and parental controls, the first formal probe under the Online Safety Code (Brian O'Donovan/RTÉ)
Ireland's media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has launched its first formal investigation under the Online Safety Code into X (formerly Twitter) regarding the adequacy of its age assurance measures and parental controls.
Sep 9, 2026
ChatGPT faces tougher rules under EU online safety regime - Financial Times
The EU's new online safety regime imposes stricter regulatory obligations on ChatGPT as a high-risk AI system, requiring transparency, risk mitigation, and compliance with the AI Act’s requirements.
Aug 31, 2026
Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem
Australia's eSafety regulator found Roblox still fails to prevent unsafe adult-child contact despite prior safety updates, triggering renewed compliance pressure under the Online Safety Act.
Aug 20, 2026
Canada’s National AI Strategy: What It Signals for AI Regulation, Privacy and Online Safety - Fasken
Canada released a National AI Strategy outlining high-level goals for AI regulation, privacy protection, and online safety, signaling intent to shape responsible AI development but without binding legislation, concrete timelines, or enforcement mechanisms.
Aug 20, 2026
KOSA advances Senate panel; age verification bill falls short of meeting quorum
The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) via markup with unanimous support, while an unrelated age verification bill failed due to lack of quorum.
Aug 5, 2026
Kids Online Safety Act social media safety bill advances in Senate
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bipartisan bill intended to impose new safety obligations on social media platforms regarding minors' online experiences, cleared a key Senate committee and is now scheduled for full Senate floor consideration after failing to advance in the previous Congress.
Aug 5, 2026
Why the Senate needs to abandon the Kids Online Safety Act - Washington Examiner
The Washington Examiner argues that the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) poses unacceptable risks to free expression, innovation, and parental authority, urging the Senate to reject it.
Aug 6, 2026
Kids safety advocates seek age verification win as larger reforms stall
A Senate panel is scheduled to consider multiple kids' online safety bills, including those mandating digital age verification, amid stalled broader legislative reform.
Aug 5, 2026
Ofcom Chair Ian Cheshire says he is overseeing a "wide-ranging" review aimed at refitting the regulator to new duties overseeing Big Tech and enforcing the OSA (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
Ofcom's Chair Ian Cheshire announced a wide-ranging internal review to restructure the UK regulator for expanded oversight of Big Tech and enforcement of the Online Safety Act (OSA), citing need for more resources.
Aug 3, 2026
Australia's online safety regulator says social media use among under-16s fell to 81.5% in March 2026, compared to 85.9% before ban took effect in December 2025 (Angus Whitley/Bloomberg)
Australia's social media ban for under-16s reduced usage among that age group from 85.9% to 81.5% in the first three months after implementation — a 4.4 percentage-point drop — raising questions about policy effectiveness and enforcement.
Jul 31, 2026
An appeals court narrowly blocks Texas from enforcing a monitoring and filtering requirement under its children's online safety law, over Section 230 preemption (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
A divided federal appeals court blocked Texas from enforcing a monitoring and filtering requirement in its children's online safety law, ruling it is preempted by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Jul 25, 2026
Ofcom launches a probe into TikTok over Online Safety Act compliance, citing doubts about the effectiveness of using age inference to determine users' ages (Mizy Clifton/Politico)
Ofcom, the UK's online safety regulator, has opened a formal investigation into TikTok's compliance with the Online Safety Act, specifically questioning whether its 'age inference' methods sufficiently protect children from harmful content.
Jul 16, 2026