Russia looks at biometric age checks for online sale of age-restricted goods
The Russian government will develop amendments to the national legislation to verify the age of buyers using biometrics for 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.
Australia’s debate on age verification for social media reaches Parliament
The Australian government has introduced a bill in parliament that aims to ban social media for children under 16. The…
DefAI Project aims to give age assurance its own dedicated deepfake detection toolkit
Deepfake detection, not so long ago guarding a niche corner of the internet, has erupted into a veritable battle royal,…
Age assurance regulations risk coming too soon as global trials collect data
In the ongoing policy tug-of-war over age verification measures for pornographic websites, it may be a classic case of premature…
Australia’s age assurance plan prompts privacy, online harms debate
Now that the tender for Australia’s age assurance trial has been awarded to the Age Check Certification Scheme, the task…
ACCS wins contract to run Australia’s age assurance trial
Australia has awarded a tender to run an age assurance trial to a consortium led by the UK-based Age Check…
Gov’t assessment of online safety gets it wrong on age assurance: AVPA
There is turmoil in the world of policy to regulate online age restrictions, as regulators and age assurance providers tug…
Privately, Privado partner to develop device-based, reusable age verification tool
As regulatory scrutiny increases around age-restricted online content, technology companies Privately SA and Privado ID have announced a partnership to…
Stricter retail age verification on the agenda as UK fails to curb underage vaping
A survey of vape users in Northern Ireland is causing alarm in the UK, with some observers warning that a…
Ondato introduces reusable biometric age assurance for anonymous online interactions
Ondato has launched what it calls a next-generation reusable age verification solution to streamline age checks for access to restricted…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection