France blocks 4 porn sites for lack of robust age checks
France has begun blocking pornographic web sites that refused to implement age checks beyond user declaration, following a ruling by…
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.
AVPA age verification approach uses signed QR codes to share relevant age data
Following up on comments posted to LinkedIn regarding an interoperable solution for retail use cases of age verification, the Age…
French regulator releases technical reference on age verification for porn
France’s Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication, Arcom, has published its Technical Reference on Age Verification for the Protection…
Building trust online with age verification
By Kaarel Kotkas, CEO and founder, Veriff Age verification regulations are becoming a top priority around the globe. In the…
Age assurance laws for social media prove slippery
Age verification for social media remains a fluid issue across regions, as stakeholders argue their positions to courts and governments,…
Age estimation leaders emerge in NIST evaluation
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its latest Face Analysis Technology Evaluation for Age Estimation &…
Yoti trumpets NIST age estimation results and testing plans
A new facial age estimation algorithm submitted by Yoti to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has placed…
App stores enter the age verification debate as social media points fingers
In the dialogue about how to effectively protect young people from accessing adult content online, social media companies take a…
The EUDI Wallet was not meant for age assurance: AVPA
The European Union should not look at the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet as an age-assurance solution to keep minors…
How multimodal biometrics help with age verification and compliance
By Vignesh Krishnakumar, co-founder and CTO of HyperVerge Over 66 percent of the world’s population is online, so it is…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection