Biometric Update reported that Ofcom opened an investigation on 16 July into TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited over its use of 'age inference', a method that estimates a user's age from account activity rather than verifying it. The regulator's Age Assurance report, published the same day, suggested such models may have failed to identify a significant proportion of children, and Ofcom said inference is not listed in its guidance as capable of being highly effective, with an update due in October 2026. The Irish Times reported that a group of Meta employees has sued the company in California, alleging that AI-driven performance assessment and monitoring systems selected staff for redundancy and disproportionately tagged workers who had taken maternity, medical or other protected leave. The plaintiffs are seeking a preliminary ruling to halt the layoffs while pursuing compensation and reinstatement, and Meta maintains that the decisions were made by human managers rather than by the systems alone.