Platform Governance Archive

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YouTube Expands the Scope of Legal Disclosure Obligations

With effect from 11 December 2025, YouTube updated its Privacy Policy (Line 425). The updated policy now clarifies that, in addition to court orders and government requests, certain statutes also compel Google to share user data with regulators, accredited researchers, and authorised out‑of‑court dispute bodies. Added: Certain laws require us to share information with regulators…

12 January 2026
Twitch Relativised Minimum-Age Requirement for Accessing Their Services

Effective on 09 December 2025, Twitch updated their terms of service to revise their age policy. Instead of a universal “at least 13 years old” rule, the platform now requires users to meet the minimum age mandated by their local jurisdiction. This change was made as a clear response to Australia’s social‑media ban for children under 16 years old…

11 January 2026
Meta Has Streamlined its Community Guidelines Regarding the Inauthentic Behaviour

On 12 December 2025, Meta updated Facebook and Instagram’s policy on inauthentic behaviour. Rather than using explicit language to prohibit specific cases, particularly those related to politics and elections, the policy now adopts a more content-agnostic framing. Subcategories of prohibited actions (e.g. distribution, audience building, foreign inauthentic behaviour, and engagement) have been removed and consolidated…

11 January 2026
TikTok Revises Community Guidelines, Removing “Trustworthy” From Platform Goals and Expanding Policies on AI-Generated Endorsement and Creators’ Responsibilities

TikTok’s Community Guidelines were updated on 13.09.2025. The update enhances and rewrites most of the previous guidelines to make them easier to understand. Some significant additions include: 1. “Trustworthy” has been removed from the description of Content Moderation section. Before: Keeping our platform safe, trustworthy, and vibrant requires balancing creative expression and preventing harm. (17)…

20 December 2025
Spotify Uses Personal Data for Training Algorithmic and Machine Learning Models

In the privacy policy update on 13.05.2025 Spotify claims that they use users’ personal data for training of algorithmic and machine learning models to build AI features. Before: We use personal data to develop and improve our personalized recommendation algorithms (line 221) After: To evaluate and develop new features, technologies, and improvements to the Spotify…

20 December 2025
Bluesky Expands Community Guidelines with Detailed Rules on Child Sexual Abuse, AI Deepfakes, and Allowed Contexts

On August 14, 2025, Bluesky published an overhaul of its Community Guidelines, introducing more granular categories and detailed examples of prohibited content. The changes include (among others) additional explicit bans on: AI-generated or animated CSAM (child sexual abuse material): (Do not) Share any content that depicts, simulates, or is AI-generated CSAM (child sexual abuse material)—this…

20 December 2025