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The Age Verification Providers Association
The Age Verification Providers Association is a not-for-profit global trade body representing almost 30 organizations who provide privacy-preserving, audited and certified age assurance solutions (both age verification and age estimation), proportionate to the risk of harm. The AVPA was formed in 2018 and is expanding rapidly as the age and identity provider industry grows. Age assurance has emerged to be a key driver of the wider market for digital identity.
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IEEE developing parental consent standard for online age assurance
Talking about age assurance means talking about parental consent. Many continue to maintain that parents are the best arbiters of…
| Aug 27, 2026 | Meta’s accuracy minimums confirm that yes, some third-party age checks do workMeta’s landmark settlement this week offers the age assurance sector what it has long desired: established accuracy minimums for age… |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Meta agrees to enhanced age assurance in $18B settlement in social media harms caseMeta has agreed to pay U.S. states up to $18 billion, settling a major California court case over the risks… |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Ofcom fines geoblocked porn site, signaling tougher age assurance enforcementA moment of gratitude for the accidental comedy to be found in UK regulator Ofcom’s ongoing efforts to enforce the… |
| Aug 18, 2026 | OfDIA guidance limits alcohol age checks to certified UK digital ID providersRaise a glass to the UK’s Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), which has published documentation clarifying how they… |
| Aug 10, 2026 | AVPA calls for layered age assurance ecosystem in response to PornhubThree unquestionably popular views have emerged from the ongoing debate around biometric age assurance. The first, expressed by a majority… |
| Jul 16, 2026 | UK won’t ban VPNs, puts onus on platforms to prevent age check circumventionUK Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has published an official statement outlining the government’s positions on children’s wellbeing and safety online,… |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Accuracy minimums for age checks could bring Big Social in line with Australian law“Age checks fail.” That is, perhaps, a snappier headline than “social media platforms aren’t following the law” – and it’s… |
| Jul 2, 2026 | OCR Studio joins AVPA as age verification market expands from EU to UAEOCR Studio is the newest member of the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA), joining the global trade body for privacy-preserving,… |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Australia doubles fines for social media companies not following age check lawPrivacy-preserving biometric age assurance technologies work; what doesn’t is insignificant consequences for massive, multibillion dollar companies. Australia is taking this… |
| Jun 24, 2026 | UK tech secretary asks Ofcom to clarify what ‘highly effective age assurance’ looks likeThere are plenty of answers to the question – and yet it has dogged the UK age assurance ecosystem since… |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Parsing UK PM frontrunners’ positions on digital ID and age assuranceWill the presumptive new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham rip up Labour’s digital ID policy? What about the Online Safety… |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Ofcom seeks clarity, resources on social media age regulation in letter to DSITUK regulator Ofcom is not one hundred percent confident that it can enforce the government’s plan to impose an age… |
| Jun 15, 2026 | UK aims to lead the world with new age restrictions for social media, AI chatbotsAfter months of promises, the UK government has pulled the trigger on regulations to restrict social media sites for children… |
| Jun 9, 2026 | UK’s proposed OS-level age verification could eliminate part of DVS marketThe UK government is mooting device-level restrictions on nude images that could usher in a new era of a kid-friendly… |
| Jun 8, 2026 | App store age brackets power California age assurance law, but where’s the proof?California’s Digital Age Assurance Act may reshape how online services handle age data, but critics argue the law stops short… |
| Jun 4, 2026 | UK consultation shows overwhelming support for social media age limitsIn our polarized political world, consensus on any given policy issue is almost impossible, especially when biometrics are involved. Politics,… |
| Jun 2, 2026 | AVPA warns that Spanish regulator’s biometrics decision could tank EU Wallet schemeThe Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) has issued a statement regarding a decision by the Spanish Data Protection Authority, the… |
| May 13, 2026 | Survey shows social media firms ignoring Australia’s minimum age lawMore data has been released showing that Silicon Valley’s social media giants have no interest in complying in good faith… |
| May 8, 2026 | Pornhub returns to UK, but only for iOS users who verify age with AppleIn the UK, “wanker” is not typically a term of endearment. However, the case may be different for Pornhub, which… |
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