@kazani

Japan protects children online very differently to the UK. (Shout out to red rose for the heads up - it was interesting.) While the UK Online Safety Act is driving biometric age verification and platform-based ID checks, Japan has taken another route: mobile carrier filtering enabled by default for under-18s, combined with parental control and digital literacy. There is no nationwide social media ban in Japan. Instead, age controls typically sit at the telecom/SIM registration layer rather than at individual platforms. In this video explained: • Japan's 2008 Youth Internet Environment framework   • How mobile carriers determine age at SIM registration   • Why filtering is enabled by default for minors   • The parental opt-out (waiver) mechanism   • The privacy trade-offs compared to UK-style age verification   This isn't "no regulation", it's a different regulatory architecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaHD9yLY1WY

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