AI fraud crackdown risks locking blind users out of biometric identity systems
Government identity verification systems are increasingly locking blind and low-vision (BLV) Americans out of essential services as agencies deploy stricter…
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Police use of AI ‘outrageous and unforgivable privacy invasion’ – say the police
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Condemnation of police forces deploying ‘opaque and untested’ surveillance tools…
Senators press DHS to abandon biometric smart glasses plan for immigration officers
A group of Democratic senators led by Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Jeff Merkley of Oregon is demanding that the…
Europe needs decentralized digital identity infrastructure, policy paper argues
Over the past years, European nations have made significant progress in digital identity: The EU has established eIDAS 2.0, Switzerland…
Vietnam targets 2035 for fully digital citizen–government interactions
Vietnam is going full tilt with digital transformation as the government approves a plan to make all transactions between citizens…
Election deepfake laws spread across US ahead of 2026 midterms
Maryland has become the 30th U.S. state to enact election deepfake legislation, as lawmakers race to address AI-generated political deception…
Okta pushes vendor-neutral identity governance for AI agents
Okta is expanding its AI agent identity platform to support non-Okta identity providers and additional agentic AI ecosystems, including Amazon Web…
Digital ID systems now critical infrastructure requiring sovereign cyber defence
Digital identity systems are increasingly being treated as critical national infrastructure requiring sovereign cyber defense, according to experts at ID4Africa’s…
Continental challenges, continental solutions: Africa Digital ID Hackathon 2026
For the second consecutive year, a team from Senegal has won the African Digital Identity Hackathon. Team TrustSeal was judged…
ID4Africa panel outlines steady KYC process, policy improvement
eKYC is an adaptation of long-standing, even ancient practice in banking for the modern world. But many countries are or…
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