ACCS’s Tony Allen breaks down Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial
In Canberra on Thursday, Tony Allen, CEO of the Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS), presented a stakeholder briefing on the…
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.
Online age assurance imposes no burden beyond in-person ID checks, AVPA argues
Age assurance methods like biometric facial age estimation do not place a burden beyond that of physical ID checks, or…
Techpump signs with Gataca as Pornhub plays word games with Ofcom
Pornhub is not a pornography website, but a social media platform, legally speaking. That is the company’s view, at least,…
Biometrics emerge as likely age assurance option as Australian gov’t rules out ID docs
Kids in Australia may find themselves scrambling to create as many social media accounts as they can before the end…
Should app stores be responsible for age assurance? Meta says yes but experts disagree
Social media platforms are not fond of age assurance measures as a rule, but Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook,…
Regulators, age assurance providers turn eyes to online gambling sector
A long-term effect of the smartphone revolution has been the normalization of gambling as a widely accepted social activity. Pornography…
More ways to use mDLs in Colorado, Iowa and Ohio
There are more ways for drivers in Colorado, Iowa and Ohio to use mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs). Colorado’s Division of…
Rush to pass Australia age verification law causing outcry
The Australian government is hitting the gas in its drive to require age verification measures for social media and porn…
Age assurance tech among key UK govt focuses against social media harms
The UK government is taking a tougher stance on protecting children online, threatening tech platforms to introduce stricter regulation unless…
IKE Tech, Privately roll out biometric age assurance to curb underage vaping
Lawmakers are under increasing pressure to implement biometric age verification measures to combat the rising issue of underage vaping. Proposals…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection