Ohio passes age verification law for adult content sites
Age assurance legislation continues to mature across the U.S., with Ohio becoming the latest state to pass a law requiring…
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.
With age verification law back on in France, Aylo blocks Pornhub again
Aylo, which owns some of the world’s most highly trafficked free pornography websites, has once again pulled the boudoir curtain…
Age estimation at the shop, age verification online: France laws tested with questions
In France, age assurance tools are showing up online and at retail vendors selling age restricted products, prompting questions from…
Ofcom planning more safety measures to tackle addictive design
It has been noted previously in these pages that the UK is looking to be taken seriously in pursuing its…
Reddit deploys selfie and document age verification from Persona
A statement from Reddit says it is using Persona’s age verification technology to comply with requirements in the UK Online…
EU moves forward on age verification with release of guidelines, software
The European Commission has released both its guidelines for protecting kids online and its “white label” age verification software, which…
Epic Games provides Yoti facial age estimation to Bluesky for UK users
Social media platform Bluesky has selected Epic Games’ software, including biometrics-based age estimation from Yoti, to ensure its compliance with…
Here comes the age check: BU Podcast talks age assurance with AVPA’s Iain Corby
Like it or not, age assurance is going mainstream. As regulators in the UK and Europe begin enforcing new…
Irish online safety regulator promises to prosecute noncompliance on age checks
There has been more noise about the UK’s online safety codes, but Ireland’s new Online Safety Code also comes into…
New Ofcom proposal calls for highly effective age assurance for livestreams
Ofcom is determined to make the most of its “Year of Action,” having released yet another set of proposals to…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection