Draft bill allowing German police to search web with facial recognition panned
Germany is among the first European nations to push at the seams of the AI Act, with a row brewing…
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DIACC releases recommendations on prioritizing verification and authentication
The Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) has published its written submission for the 2025 pre-budget consultations, outlining…
Age verification debate rages from New York to Washington
Iain Corby of the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) took the floor in New York at a Philippines-led UN hearing…
Deepfakes are a lurking ghost, with many unaware of increasing risk
For those in the biometric trenches, deepfakes may seem like an ever-present threat, or at least an effective and unavoidable…
Malaysia upgrading biometric border control systems for land, sea and air
The proof-of-concept period for Malaysia’s MyBorderPass facial recognition system to control immigration ends on August 31, leaving an open question…
India looks to biometric MFA startups to stanch flow of UPI financial fraud
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is pursuing biometric startups to provide biometric authentication for Unified Payments Interface (UPI)…
Biometric bag drop from Materna IPS coming to new JFK terminal
Materna IPS (Intelligent Passenger Solutions), acquired last month by SITA, will provide its biometric self-service bag drop (SSBD) system for…
World Economic Forum predicts $2 trillion digital economy for ASEAN by 2030
The World Economic Forum (WEF) says data standards, ethical AI and diaspora are the keys to the future digital economy…
Signs say mobile driver’s licenses in Apple Wallet coming to California next
California could be the next state to accept mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) with biometric authentication on Apple Wallet. So far,…
China starts national digital ID trial barely a week after releasing draft plan
China has launched a trial of its national digital identity system across 81 apps, just days after the release of…
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- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
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