Iraq sees 80 percent biometric voter registration for upcoming elections
Four in five eligible voters in Iraq have successfully updated their biometric data but the country has seen notable holdouts…
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Digital ID apps in South Korea, Thailand promote financial access for people with disabilities
Raonsecure has won the contract for a mobile disability registration card project. Commissioned by the Korea Minting, Security Printing &…
Cyber Threat Observatory workshop advises on protections for national digital ID systems
The Alan Turing Institute launched the Cyber Threat Observatory last year to monitor cyber threats to digital ID systems. The…
Kyrgyzstan state printer wades into biometric passport market with Namibia deal
A shipment of 130,000 biometric passports has been sent from Kyrgyzstan to Namibia, after a contract was signed between the…
Spanish law among most comprehensive for age checks, kids’ online safety
Among EU nations pursuing child online safety legislation and age verification tools, Spain has been at the forefront. It has…
UN cautions govts to safeguard human rights in AI procurement
AI is a major trend of this decade with advancements in the technology having an effect across society, for both…
Optimistic plan would pair universal legal identity with basic income program
A new paper calls the lack of legal identity for millions of people around the world one of the “most…
Facia declares breakthrough deepfake detection scores
Facia has reached the point where it is scoring perfect accuracy for deepfake detection on third-party datasets, including Meta’s. The…
Nepal’s biometric passport contract awarded to Veridos, Mühlbauer
Nepal’s biometric passport system has a new primary supplier. German firms Mühlbauer and Veridos have successfully outbid incumbent identity provider…
Reddit considers World for proof of personhood, age verification: Report
Reddit is reportedly in talks with Tools of Humanity to use the World ID biometric-based digital identity for proof of…
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