March 7, 2025

Industry News 

State AGs and the Future of Privacy Enforcement – What You Need to Know (JDSupra) Read more >>

Investigations announced into how social media and video sharing platforms use UK children’s personal information (ICO) Read more >>

Enforcing the Online Safety Act: Scrutinising illegal harms risk assessments (Ofcom) Read more >>

Senators Markey And Cassidy Reintroduce Children And Teen’s Online Privacy Protection Legislation, COPPA 2.0 (Press Release) Read more >>

A look ahead at the new administration's likely policy priorities for cybersecurity and data privacy (Reuters) Read more >>

Alabama bill requiring age verification for app downloads sparks debate (Alabama Reflector) Read more >>

Utah becomes the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify ages (US News) Read more >> 

U.S. House Republicans Reignite Efforts To Pass Federal Privacy Law (Mondaq) Read more >>

House Committee Seeks Comment on New Comprehensive Data Privacy and Security Framework (Committee on Energy and Commerce) Read more >>

UAE: Protection of Children Online (Bird&Bird) Read more>>

Children experiencing harm online in the UK remains ‘stubbornly high’ 

(Internet Matters) Read more >>

Ofcom calls on tech firms to make online world safer for women and girls (Ofcom) Read more >>

New €10m funding to promote teen safety and wellbeing in Europe (Google) Read more >>

Lawsuit Alleges That Roblox And Discord Are Hubs For Child Exploitation (The National Law Review) Read more>>

Latest Research

The 2025 Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Zero to Eight (Common Sense Media) Read report >> 

Tech & teens: insights from 15 studies on the impact of digital technology on well-being (EU Kids Online) Read report >>

Complete picture of media consumption for Gen Alpha kids ages 2-12 (Precise TV) Read report >>

Digital Wellbeing Index (Internet Matters) Read report >>

Buying to Belong: Youth and Virtual Assets in the Metaverse (Fairplay) Read report >>

Behind the screen: The reality of age assurance and social media access for young Australians (eSafety Commissioner) Read report >>

Tech savvy teens in Australia bypass online safety barriers, hand over sensitive information (UNICEF) Read report >>

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