August 15, 2025

Industry News 

Supreme Court Declines to Block Mississippi Social Media Age Verification Law (Gateway Pundit) Read more >>

Nebraska, Vermont's Age Appropriate Design Codes look to bolster children's online safety (IAPP) Read more >>

Canada approves national standard for age verification, estimation (Biometric Update) Read more >>

Children’s privacy advances across Asia-Pacific with new policy recommendations (5 Rights Foundation) Read more >>

Streaming Under Scrutiny: Roku’s Response to Michigan AG’s Allegations of COPPA and Other Privacy Law Violations (JD Supra) Read more >>

Age Verification Is Sweeping Gaming. Is It Ready for the Age of AI Fakes? (Wired) Read more >> 

VPNs are not Kryptonite to age assurance (AVPA) Read more >>

FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children (The Guardian) Read more >>

'Kidfluencing' - What are pros and cons of posting kids content? (RTE) Read more >>

Why U.S. politicians are up in arms about new internet rules in Britain (NBC News) Read more >>

Analysis of the Guidelines to Article 28.1 of the Digital Services Act (5Rights Foundation) Read more >>

New study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens (1 News) Read more >>

The American Psychological Association (APA) Calls for Investigation into Unreasonable Risk of Injury Posed by Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbots as Consumer Products (APA) Read more >>

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Why Australia’s Children's Privacy Code Matters— And What We Had to Say

PRIVO shared its expertise with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner during the consultation on the Children’s Online Privacy Code. Our message was clear: knowing the age of your audience is essential, age-appropriate design is non-negotiable, and broken age gates are not good enough. We called for strong safeguards around AI, parental controls, and global interoperability to protect children wherever they go online.

Read our latest blog to see why Australia’s Children's Privacy Code matters—And what we had to say.