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For the world's online safety overseers, 2026 will be the year of the child

By Mike Swift, Sara Brandstätter, Patricia Figueiredo and Maria Dinzeo ( December 9, 2025, 14:41 GMT | Comment) -- Regulators worldwide have woken up to a need to police online safety for minors. Australia has arguably gone the furthest, banning social media for under-16s from this week. In Europe, America, Asia and beyond, governments are reacting to concerns of a surge of mental-health problems for teens, pressuring social media and gaming platforms as never before to improve safety — even if it means losing users. This article introduces a suite of four deep-dive MLex stories to be published through this week focused on video gaming, algorithmically recommended content, age assurance and the US's unique regulatory landscape.For two decades, social media has been a juggernaut rolling forward relentlessly, as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok surged into the billions of users. But the once unthinkable is happening: the brakes are being applied....

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