Malaysia plans social media age checks, pushes Meta to get proactive on online safety
Malaysia is following Australia’s lead, with a plan to implement age assurance requirements for social media platforms and a prohibition…
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Australian MP wants to follow Denmark in legislating right to own one’s likeness
The latest groundswell of legislative activity aimed at the tech sector concerns the question of who has the right to…
Meta shuts down research showing its platforms are bad for mental health
Newly released documents show that Meta scrapped internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram, once it…
Billions Network CEO calls blockchain ‘powerful tool’ for age assurance, privacy
Is blockchain the future of age assurance? It is if you ask Evin McMullin, CEO of Billions Network – “the…
Aylo continues to argue site-level age verification is ineffective
Aylo, the Canadian company that owns Pornhub and its related network of adult content sites, is not going down without…
Miami International Airport sees largest deployment of SITA-backed EPP screening
One of the busiest airports in the U.S. has introduced Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s Enhanced Passenger Processing (EPP) system,…
Idemia PS to be a biometric tech launch partner for Microsoft Entra Verified ID
Idemia Public Security has announced that it will be a launch partner for Microsoft Entra Verified ID now that the…
Deepfake crisis gets dire prompting new investment, calls for regulation
Deepfake detection and social engineering defense startup Doppel has raised 70 million dollars in Series C funding. According to Fortune,…
Yoti to provide 4 age assurance options for Shopify
Shopify has integrated Yoti’s biometric technology to provide age checks for the sale of age-restricted goods, marking a significant win…
Australia latest nation to face insults, threats from US over online safety laws
America has summoned Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, to answer for her alleged offenses against free speech. In a…
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