Australia’s government announced it intends to pass legislation by the end of the year banning youth under age 16 from using social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. This would set a new bar worldwide, as it imposes strict age-verification requirements and disallows exemptions for parental consent and pre-existing accounts. Fines would be as high as $32 million for companies that fail to comply.
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CDP Zeta Global has unveiled Athena, a “superintelligent” voice-activated interface that delivers instant answers, smarter decisions, and agentic actions throughout the Zeta platform. It activates a suite of agentic apps that can adapt to each user’s specific goals and styles. Early access will begin later this year, with a suite of agentic apps to follow in the first half of next year.