New Zealand joins the global push to keep under-16s off social media
THE SO WHAT
Age-gating is becoming law faster than enforcement tech is maturing—New Zealand’s proposed 16+ rule and France’s under-15 ban both highlight an execution gap around verification. If your product touches minors or identity, assume fragmented compliance regimes and start designing for pluggable age/ID verification rather than hardcoding to any one country’s rules.
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