Major upgrade to Jordan’s Sanad digital ID app adds instant activation
The updated version of Jordan’s government services portal offers a faster, more comprehensive user experience, with a key upgrade in…
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Age assurance regulation for social media to go global in 2026
Australia’s law prohibiting social media for users under 16 took effect on December 10, with many nations looking to the…
Foodstuffs releases privacy assessment for FRT trial in NZ grocery stores
New Zealand grocery retailer Foodstuffs has published a Privacy Impact Assessment for its trial of in-store facial recognition technology. The…
South Korea law targeting deepfakes, disinformation gets frosty reception from US
A new law in South Korea targeting bad information sees it risking conflict with the current U.S. administration, which has…
Rumored plan to expand UK digital ID to newborns gives Tories chance to attack
There is fresh panic in the UK over rumors that the government is considering extending its digital ID scheme to…
Kantara Initiative seeking public comment on update to Identity Assurance Framework
The Kantara Initiative has issued a call for public comment on the draft of its Identity Assurance Framework (KIAF): SP…
One check to rule them all: quest for reusable age assurance to ramp up in 2026
At first, the idea of reusable identity might sound redundant. After all, what is identity if not a stable set…
Soon we’ll know what agentic AI is best used for, as long as we can control it
The world expects a lot from AI, and agentic AI is its next frontier. A multitude of bots harnessed to…
US State AGs target social media, porn platforms over kids’ online safety compliance
It’s the week before Christmas, and all through the States, the lawsuits are flying like tossed dinner plates. Indiana Attorney…
GOV.UK Chat rolls out in beta as GDS plans agentic AI deployments
Much of the negative attention directed toward large language models (LLM) and other generative AI tech focuses on so-called AI…
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