Greece has submitted legislation that would prohibit children under 15 from accessing social media platforms from 1 January 2027. The bill proposes privacy-preserving age checks and enforcement through existing regulatory mechanisms under the EU’s Digital Services Act framework.
Türkiye’s new social media regulation, effective from 1 November 2026, draws a clear distinction between children under 15, who will be barred from using social networks, and teenagers aged 15–17, who will retain access under stricter safeguards. Platforms face new obligations to verify ages, remove accounts held by younger children and redesign aspects of their services for teenage users.
The Philippine Senate has approved the SMART KIDS Act on final reading, proposing to restrict minors from holding accounts on digital services classified as high-risk. The bill would introduce age-checking requirements and penalties for non-compliant platforms, but it must still be reconciled with a different version passed by the House of Representatives.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that AI could deepen systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent. His remarks highlight concerns that biassed systems can reproduce discrimination in areas such as policing, healthcare and education.
ISO/IEC 27090 sets out a framework for identifying and addressing security threats specific to AI systems, including data poisoning and model theft. The standard is intended to complement existing information security practices and cover risks throughout the AI lifecycle.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published five draft documents examining security and privacy risks in technologies used to issue, protect, display and manage verifiable credentials. The drafts aim to help developers identify potential weaknesses and improve the security of digital credentials.
