New Australian safety code requires porn sites to have age assurance by March
While the UK muscles through the implementation and enforcement of its Online Safety Act, Australia is preparing to follow suit….
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.
California age verification rules can’t violate the constitution until they’re written
California’s law barring social media companies from serving children “addictive feeds” and setting up age verification starting in 2027 has…
AVPA says OSA launch successful, but regulation, deployments need refining
The Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) has published a postmortem on the UK Online Safety Act rollout, with details on…
UK OSA moves past age assurance into censorship with self-harm content designation
The UK government continues to build out the Online Safety Act (OSA), this week announcing tighter legal requirements for platforms…
Needemand puts a new spin on gestural age estimation tech with linked PIN
Among providers of age estimation technology, Needemand is unique: instead of using face biometrics, its product, BorderAge, performs age estimation…
Australia sets out conditions for social media age restrictions
Australia is entering uncharted regulatory waters as it seeks to implement world-first social media age restrictions. Age assurance systems, including…
Regula tops NIST facial age estimation benchmark in first appearance
Regula, the forensics and identity verification provider based in Riga, Latvia, has made an impressive debut on the National Institute…
IKE Tech study: 49% favor age verification for vapes at point of use
Youths have it too easy accessing vaping products across the U.S. is the warning from a new report. Identity verification…
Regulatory bodies close in on AI chatbots as LLMs face greater scrutiny
As regulators roll out online safety laws designed to protect kids from harms associated with porn and social media, a…
Intermediary age assurance provider collecting user data on specific URLs, more
A firm claiming to provide “double blind” age assurance services to pornography sites adapting to France’s online safety law has…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection