Age checks remain in the headlines with new proposals from EU digital ministers to go further with legislation limiting social media access for youth. Age assurance legislation is heating up in the EU, where lawmakers in France, Spain and Greece are pushing for mandatory age restrictions for social media platforms. EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) requires Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) – defined as those with more than 45 million users in the EU – to assess and mitigate systemic risks to kids and to comply with the DSA’s strictest rules on harmful content. Whether or not they qualify as serious threats to life or safety could be challenged.