TikTok to strengthen age-verification technology across EU
Move comes as calls for Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow around worldTikTok will begin the rollout of new age-verification technology across the EU in the coming weeks, as calls for an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow in countries including the...
<p>Move comes as calls for Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow around world</p><p>TikTok will begin the rollout of new age-verification technology across the EU in the coming weeks, as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/15/people-urge-mps-ban-social-media-under-16s-uk-starmer">calls for an Australia-style social media ban</a> for under-16s grow in countries including the UK.</p><p>ByteDance-owned TikTok, and other major platforms popular with young people such as YouTube, are coming under increasing pressure to better identify and remove accounts belonging to children.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/16/tiktok-to-strengthen-age-verification-technology-across-eu">Continue reading...</a>
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