Growing up fast: An update on the global regulation of children's data | Freshfields

Global regulators are simultaneously tightening child data protection through divergent rules: the EU is layering DSA enforcement with proposed under-13 social media bans and the Digital Fairness Act; the US federal government updated COPPA while individual states impose conflicting age-design codes; the UK is phasing in Online Safety Act fines and planning under-16 social media restrictions. Companies now face a fragmented compliance landscape where the same product requires different implementations across jurisdictions.

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