Australian regulators come together on privacy, online safety
The relationship between various regulatory bodies across the privacy and online safety spectrum can be difficult to parse. Australia’s two…
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 finalizes draft law to require ID verification for social media access
The Turkish government says social media companies have agreed to a move that seeks to require identity verification for users…
Japan moves toward age verification for social media filters and risk labels
Japan’s policymakers are considering their own version of age assurance for social media with content filtering taking the limelight. Nikkei…
AVPA plots course for age assurance future based on learnings from Australia
In 2025, few people on Earth logged as many travel miles as Iain Corby, the executive director of the Age…
Roblox settles with Alabama, West Virginia, agrees to age checks for users under 16
Social gaming platform Roblox is settling its accounts. Having settled with the State of Nevada for $12.5 million over lawsuits…
NetChoice wins in Arkansas, but faces forever war against age assurance
The battle over age assurance legislation in the United States has reached its next level. As the global tide turns…
Persona integrates with ConnectID for age checks through Australian payments network
Persona has announced an integration with ConnectID, the Australian digital identity exchange created by the country’s payments industry, Australian Payments…
Roblox on the hook for $12.5M in Nevada online child safety settlement
Roblox has agreed to pay $12.5 million to the State of Nevada, in part of a settlement deal that “resolves…
In Australia, platforms skirt age laws, but the problem isn’t age assurance tech
Consider the shovel. A sturdy tool based on an ancient design, a shovel is great for uprooting things. However, if…
Veratad among first certified to ISO 27566 age assurance standard
Veratad is one of the first companies worldwide to achieve certification to ISO/IEC 27566‑1:2025, the newly established international standard for…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection