With age assurance law, Missouri joins growing list of states on Pornhub’s blacklist
Missouri’s online safety law, which puts age verification requirements on adult content sites, has taken effect. As of November 30,…
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.
As Dec 10 deadline approaches, opponents of Australia social media law get louder
With less than two weeks to go before Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 takes effect, Silicon Valley…
Age checks for social media not ready says Australian Parliamentary Committee
An Australian parliamentary committee is recommending that the government delay the implementation of the country’s age assurance law for social…
Meta lobbies Canada’s government to put age assurance at the app store level
Meta is trying to get ahead of the age assurance debate in Canada, with a pitch to the government in…
EU Parliament supports age assurance to block kids under 16 from social media
The European Parliament is supporting an EU-wide digital minimum age of 16 for accessing social media, video-sharing platforms and AI…
Australian opposition politician challenges age checks for social media
Australia’s Digital Freedom Project holds that the country’s age restrictions for social media, and mandated age verification to prove eligibility,…
Yoti passes a billion age checks, building foundation of trust
A blog from the UK biometrics and digital identity firm Yoti says it has now completed over one billion age…
Nudify apps face the wrath of online safety regulators as enforcement ramps up
Most technology has its defenders, the AI enthusiasts or connoisseurs of online porn. Less so for nudify or nudification apps,…
Court lifts NetChoice pause on Florida law requiring age checks for social platforms
NetChoice, the legal lobby group representing Silicon Valley’s biggest companies, is unhappy about losing its challenge to a Florida law…
Digital IDs and driver’s licenses take steps forward in Virginia, Georgia
The state of Virginia is claiming a national first with the launch of its Virginia Mobile ID. A news release…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection