It's official: Australia's teen social media ban isn't working, yet. The first eSafety report on the social media minimum age shows that kids are getting around the ban, they're reporting the same level of online abuse, and age checking technology isn't working as…

It's official: Australia's teen social media ban isn't working, yet. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/31/a...

2025 Annual Report | Internet Society Foundation 2025 Annual Report The Internet changes lives-but only when people can access it and use it safely.    The Internet Society and the Internet Society Foundation operate as complementary parts of a sing...

Tremendously proud to be part of an organization supporting communities in 150 countries across six continents! 🌐

From helping connect communities to the Internet, to keeping people safe online we think global and act local.

👩‍⚖️ The Supreme Court may not be the “nine greatest experts on the Internet,” in the words of Justice Kagan, but this ruling shows a strong understanding of how Internet connectivity works.

The ruling is a victory for the Internet and millions of people who rely on shared online access!

🏘️ 🏫 🏨 The ruling protects hotels and coffee shops with dozens of daily guests, universities with thousands of students, and the many small Internet service providers that serve rural communities.

🛜 Many Internet connections are shared. A single subscriber account may be used by a household or even dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people.

Your Internet Access Is at Risk. We’re Speaking Up - Internet Society The Internet Society filed an amicus brief in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, urging the Court to consider Internet implications.

🛠 The Internet Society filed an amicus brief last year explaining what’s at stake in the case and providing clear technical explanations of how Internet connections work.

🚫 The case, Cox v. Sony, considered whether Internet service providers should be held liable and forced to cut off Internet connections for allegations that someone illegally downloaded or shared copyrighted music.

US Supreme Court Unanimously Defends Internet Access for Millions  - Internet Society The US Supreme Court's Cox v. Sony decision confirms that ISPs cannot be forced to disconnect people from the Internet for piracy allegations

A unanimous Supreme Court ruling yesterday protects Internet access for millions of people while upholding clear online copyright protections. 🏛️ 🌐

Supreme Court sides with Cox Communications in a copyright fight with record labels over downloads The Supreme Court has sided with internet service provider Cox Communications in its copyright fight with record labels over illegal music downloads by Cox customers.

These may not be the nine greatest experts on the Internet, but the Supreme Court made the right decision to protect people's online access in Cox v. Sony today.

Meteor causes thunderous boom over Ohio and Pennsylvania The space rock weighed about 7 tons and released the energy of around 250 tons of TNT, according to Bill Cooke, who leads NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office.

Apocalypse much? ☄️💥

What could go wrong? We'll see.

From a leaked draft:

The data privacy regulator, ANPD, must define "verifiable credentials" (Art. 24) and outline measures they'll take to limit circumvention (Art. 28).

Brazil Wants to Reshape The Internet for Kids. The Hard Part Just Began. A Brazilian law aimed at protecting children online is set to take effect this week, but significant enforcement questions remain, Tatiana Dias reports.

Brazil's youth online safety law (ECA Digital) goes into effect tomorrow. 🇧🇷

📜 In theory, age checks have privacy, security, transparency, and inclusivity requirements.

🛠️ In practice, the nascent online safety regulator must write rules for “verifiable credentials,” and limit circumvention.

Major VPN network to block 'despised and despicable' child sexual abuse material "I think it takes courage to be the first company to go out there and say, 'You know what? We're not going to tolerate this,'" Dr Peter Membrey told Sky News.

Sure, there is a risk of overreach. But sometimes a little common sense can help address the worst of the worst online.

Overcoming Fear and Frustration with the Kids Online Safety Act KOSA will not move forward without compromise, say John Perrino and Dr. Jennifer King from Stanford University.

Congress and advocacy groups should be embarrassed to drag parents who lost their children to a partisan hearing on bad legislation that won't protect children online.

Do better! There are so many actual experts ready to help.

I wrote on this years ago with Stanford's Jennifer King.

Congress’ Child Safety Bills Sound Good. Families Suggest They Won't Work. Lawmakers risk advancing bills that may not be effective nor in line with what some parents and teens actually want, Michal Luria and Aliya Bhatia write.

New piece by @mluria.bsky.social and me on what today's hearing on kids' safety is missing: the perspectives of parents and teens who are deeply skeptical of whether these bills will meet their needs. Huge thanks to @viacristiano.bsky.social for his sharp edits. www.techpolicy.press/congress-chi...

Full Committee Markup of Nine Bills The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...

House E&C is marking up a bunch of kids online safety bills today. Some familiar faces, like COPPA 2.0 and KOSA, have been revised. Some interesting design-related bills wrapped up in "Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act" package. Unfort. its combined w/ some serious anti-privacy/censorship bills.

Representative Jake Auchincloss speaks during a congressional vote.

Congressman Jake Auchincloss at today's House committee vote on a supposed children's online safety package:

“This is a blank check to Big Tech and Democrats are going to stand against it.”

It's hard to believe. The one agency that enforces the one (already ineffective) rule against exploiting children's data online.

FTC Issues COPPA Policy Statement to Incentivize the Use of Age Verification Technologies to Protect Children Online The Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement today announcing that the Commission will not bring an enforcement action under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) aga

The FTC just announced that the only national law protecting children's data online won't apply to age verification.

You know. The Federal Trade Commission. The agency that's in charge of keeping people safe and enforcing the only rules on the books to protect children online. 🤦‍♂️

IDMerit data breach: 1 billion records of personal data exposed in KYC data leak A massive global data leak linked to IDMerit has exposed 1 billion personal records, including national IDs and emails, across the US, Europe, and Asia.

A global digital identity verification provider for the fintech, financial, and insurance industries exposed a billion personal records including national IDs, phone numbers, and addresses.

But don't worry, they'll delete your ID... at some point.

The law has a provision that invalidates the ban if TikTok is acquired by a company incorporated outside China or other "foreign adversaries."

It was likely to be dismissed following the divestment deal's completion.

The law, SB 419, was passed in 2023 and would have entirely banned TikTok in Montana. Not just government devices or teens—everybody.

Stipulation of Dismissal – #145 in TikTok Inc. v. Knudsen (D. Mont., 9:23-cv-00061) – CourtListener.com Stipulation of Dismissal

TikTok and the Montana Attorney General's Office appear to have requested the court dismiss a case challenging the state's TikTok ban in a filing made today.

That case, TikTok v. Knudsen, was on hold during the national saga resulting from the divest or ban law and executive orders.

Russia orders block on WhatsApp in messaging app crackdown WhatsApp says the move aims to push its 90 million users in Russia to a "state-owned surveillance app".

Russia is attempting to fully block WhatsApp for its more than 100 million users inside the country.

I'm surprised WhatsApp lasted this long, but many Russians rely on it for a secure connection to the rest of the world.

Russian users are being pushed to a government-backed app, MAX.

We need to continue to develop policy and technology to address online harms.

Section 230 isn't perfect, but weakening it won’t fix those challenges—it would endanger how the Internet works and our ability to interact online.

🚫 Section 230 is NOT a "censorship" tool. It enables people to post and share content without first requiring corporate or government review.

What doesn’t Section 230 do?

🚫 Section 230 is NOT a “get out of jail free” card for online services, big or small. Online services must remove illegal content and address criminal activity.

🌐 It protects services that move the “0s and 1s” of code that make up the Internet so that you can watch a video, make a purchase, or get the latest news.

🤝 It enables platforms to moderate content for safer and more welcoming online communities.

🧑‍💻 Policymakers created Section 230 for you, an Internet user, to share and access content more freely online.