Instagram takes Yoti facial age estimation to Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan
Meta Platforms is continuing its pilot of age verification via facial age estimation technology from UK firm Yoti in a…
Articles By Frank Hersey
Frank Hersey is a London-based reporter and podcast producer for Biometric Update. He previously covered biometric and digital identity issues in Africa from Côte d’Ivoire. Before that he covered tech news in China from Beijing. He has worked for the BBC, RFI and France 24.
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Pay attention to biometric surveillance, digital ID says Sweden’s EU presidency
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Breaking biometric siloes via dialogue: the Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop
The existing siloes of biometric technology providers, academia, civil society and policy makers will be shaken and mixed to get…
Turnout low for new UK voter ID ahead of May polls, digital ID off the list
Only one percent of people without valid photo ID documents have registered for a new government-led scheme for voter ID,…
UK digital identity moves department, financier demands ‘economic digital ID’
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