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Articles By Joel R. McConvey

Joel McConvey is a creative content producer and digital specialist who helps people and organizations tell their story across platforms, and meet the challenges of a digital culture that changes quickly and often. Reach him on Twitter @jrmcconvey.

 

Dominican Republic ISO-aligned mDL to be publicly available March 2

Mobile driver’s licenses for drivers in the Dominican Republic will soon be available, in what Dominican Today calls a major…

 

PXL Vision integrates deepfake detection technique from research with Idiap

A research collaboration between PXL Vision, the Idiap Research Institute and Swiss innovation agency Innosuisse has led to the identity…

 

Apple updates Declared Age Range API for national, state-level age assurance laws

Apple has released a beta update to its Declared Age Range API, which it has pitched as an alternative to…

 

Scramble is on to counter agentic AI gold rush with security, transparency

How safe are the networks of AI agents transforming commerce, work, and identity and authentication systems? Hard to say, says…

 

Discord apologizes for Persona snafu, delays global age verification rollout

In a new blog post, Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy says he’s bummed out how people interpreted language on its website…

 

ICO hits Reddit with £14.5M fine for not implementing robust age assurance

UK regulator Ofcom has taken plenty of heat for the perception that it’s not coming down hard enough in enforcing…

 

ADVP expects digital identity consultation to play by rules of Data Act, DIATF

The row over the UK’s digital identity scheme continues to churn, as the government prepares to launch its public consultation…

 

Persona pushes back against fears its age assurance tech isn’t secure

The increased prevalence of age checks to access certain online services has brought increased scrutiny to the age assurance sector,…

 

California bill requiring age checks for social media has strong support from Newsom

California looks set to impose legal age restrictions for social media, in keeping with the global trend to regulate the…

 

In conversation at MOSIP Connect 2026: Biometric Update Podcast

Biometric Update was on the ground at MOSIP Connect 2026 in Rabat, Morocco this month, to observe and report on…

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