Bipartisan push heats up to salvage kids’ privacy bill before new Congress is seated
Last week, Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal, and a legion of supporters of the stalled-out Kids Online…
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.
Digital ID for age verification in alcohol sales gets varied guises in Delhi, Istanbul, UK
On whether to allow digital ID for age assurance when buying alcohol, some countries say yes, some say no, and…
Yoti facial age estimation helps Yubo build trust with users
Yubo, which bills itself as a “live social discovery platform,” has released a new case study showing how they have…
Ondato releases Age Verification Report as countries trend toward stricter regulations
Australia caused shockwaves when it approved a social media ban for under-16s a couple of weeks ago. The world-first law…
States encourage acceptance of mobile ID for age assurance, air travel
The U.S. continues to open up to mobile driver’s licenses and other digital identity credentials, as the larger ecosystem of…
UK digital age assurance receives support from stakeholders: Reports
UK’s attempts to legalize digital age assurance technology are likely to be successful, according to media reports. In January, the…
Argentina mandates biometric age checks and ID verification for gambling
Argentina is set to implement a nationwide requirement for biometric digital identity checks by online gambling companies to address growing…
ROC is the top US firm for age estimation in latest NIST ranking
Colorado-based ROC has broken back into the top tier in the recent NIST Face Analysis Technology Evaluation (FATE) for Age…
Papua New Guinea to ban social media for youth, require age verification for adults
Papua New Guinea is riding Australia’s wake in legislating age assurance for social media. The nation’s Ministry for ICT this…
Kids are bypassing weak age assurance measure in droves, and it has to change: Ofcom
When Instagram says only eight percent of its users are between 13 and 16, it neglects to factor in that…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection