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…
Age Assurance
Biometric age assurance is any method of confirming a claim about the age of an individual by measuring their physical characteristics or actions. It includes age verification, which compares face biometrics from a reference image on an identity document to a facial photo or selfie, and age estimation, which analyzes the facial features in a photo to estimate a person’s age, typically within a given range. It also includes other methods that utilize voice or gesture.
Türkiye considers social media age checks, restrictions on handling children’s data
Türkiye wants to examine the data processing of major social media platforms, as identity verification and age restrictions are being…
NetChoice objects to Arizona law imposing age checks on social media platforms
NetChoice has published its testimony against Arizona’s SB 1747, which places age assurance requirements on the social media platforms it…
Colorado moves age checks from websites to operating systems
As Colorado lawmakers once again revisit online age verification, the debate is no longer about whether to protect children online….
Portugal bringing in age checks to restrict social media for teens and children
Countries in the EU are some of the most enthusiastic in wanting to follow Australia’s lead in barring children from…
Regula builds age, gender estimation into ID document scans
Regula is enhancing its document reader software with biometric age and gender estimation based on document photos. The identity verification…
X, Meta, TikTok under fire for deepfake CSAM in Europe
The Spanish government has called on its public prosecutor to investigate social media platforms X, Meta and TikTok for allegedly…
ROC impresses in NIST biometric age estimation benchmark, Shufti makes debut
Two new entrants to NIST’s Face Analysis Technology Evaluation (FATE) Age Estimation & Verification, one a debut and the other…
With shift in UK online safety policy, Starmer tells Silicon Valley to ‘bring it on’
A new statement from UK prime minister Keir Starmer outlines his government’s plans to continue developing policies and regulations that…
Germany debates social media ban for under-16s
Social media age restrictions are getting traction in more and more jurisdictions. The latest to consider the move is an…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection