Here Comes the KIDS Act: USA joins the “age verification” club
Kit Knightly
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives quietly passed a bundle of “digital protections” collectively labelled the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act). You might not have heard,...
“It’s all so tiresome”: UK’s Social Media Ban Trudges Ever Onward
Kit Knightly
The UK government’s “consultation” on social media harm is over, and – brace yourselves – it turns out they’re going to have to do something about it. I know,...
This Week in the New Normal #111
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the...
Why the UK’s age verification system (probably) won’t work
Kit Knightly
On Friday, the “Age Verification” clause of the UK’s Online Safety Act officially came into force. The result was a sudden surge in discussion, and a lot of people...
