X faces Irish online safety probe over age assurance, parental controls
By Sara Brandstätter ( September 8, 2026, 16:03 GMT | Insight) -- X is under a formal Irish regulatory probe — the first under the country's Online Safety Code — over over whether its age assurance measures and parental controls adequately protect children from adult-only video content. The probe could lead to fines of up to ten percent of relevant annual turnover or 20 million euros, whichever is greater.Social media platform X is subject to an Irish regulatory probe over concerns that its age assurance measures may be ineffective and that its parental controls may fail to adhere to the country’s Online Safety Code....
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