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What changed on Snap, Meta and Roblox this week — and what TikTok and YouTube refused to change

Snap, Meta and Roblox agreed to specific child safety changes. TikTok and YouTube refused. The settings parents should check on each platform.
Safety

We’ve rebuilt the Wired Parents Scorecard

New social media age recommendations for 20 platforms, from Minecraft to Kick. Plus a new bullying category and four platforms parents have been asking about.
Gaming

Roblox just raised the age for its most popular games to 16

From 19 May, Roblox restricts Social Hangouts, free-form roleplay games and sensitive content to ID-verified 16+ users.
Social Media

Instagram is showing parents the algorithm — but not the content

From 12 May, parents using Instagram supervision can see the topics shaping their teen's algorithm. A real change, and a real limit.
Screen Time

The biggest study yet of school phone bans is in, and the wellbeing finding is what matters

A new study of 4,600 US schools using phone pouches confirms the policy works for the reason that always mattered most: how children feel at school
Social Media

The EU just put a social media age limit on the table

Ursula von der Leyen says the EU could propose a social media age limit this summer. What's actually on the table and what it means globally.
Safety

An eyebrow pencil, the Online Safety Act, and the case for going further

New UK research finds age checks are easy to fool, and that the things parents most want regulated aren't even in the Act yet.
Social Media

Australia just changed the rules. The algorithm is now the target.

Five months into the world's first under-16 social media ban, Australia has quietly amended the rules to put the algorithm itself in scope.
Safety

Who should verify your child’s age — the app, or the phone?

A fight is unfolding in US courts and Congress over whether apps or app stores should verify your child's age.
Every country restricting social media for children
Updated 4 June 2026 · 29 countries
Law in force · 5
  • 🇦🇺Australia
  • 🇧🇷Brazil
  • 🇲🇾Malaysia
  • 🇮🇩Indonesia
  • 🇬🇦Gabon
Powers granted · 2
  • 🇬🇧United Kingdom
  • 🇹🇷Turkey
Bills in progress · 11
  • 🇫🇷France
  • 🇩🇰Denmark
  • 🇳🇴Norway
  • 🇵🇹Portugal
  • 🇪🇸Spain
  • 🇸🇮Slovenia
  • 🇬🇷Greece
  • 🇺🇸US Federal
  • 🇺🇸US States
  • 🇳🇿New Zealand
  • 🇨🇷Costa Rica
Proposed · 11
  • 🇩🇪Germany
  • 🇵🇱Poland
  • 🇫🇮Finland
  • 🇪🇺EU
  • 🇧🇪Belgium
  • 🇨🇳China
  • 🇲🇽Mexico
  • 🇦🇹Austria
  • 🇮🇹Italy
  • 🇮🇳India
  • 🇰🇿Kazakhstan
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Screen Time

The screen-time rules worth keeping when school stops

When school stops, most screen-time rules can loosen. Two shouldn't. What to hold for the phone kids, the gamers, and what you can let go.

Social Media

Pinterest

After Molly Russell, Pinterest did the work most platforms still won’t

Pinterest scores 2.5 on the Wired Parents Scorecard, not as bad as its reputation.

Parenting

Screen Time

The screen-time rules worth keeping when school stops

When school stops, most screen-time rules can loosen. Two shouldn't. What to hold for the phone kids, the gamers, and what you can let go.