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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.
The Age Verification Providers Association Biometrics News
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…
| Nov 25, 2024 | Should app stores be responsible for age assurance? Meta says yes but experts disagreeSocial media platforms are not fond of age assurance measures as a rule, but Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook,… |
| Nov 20, 2024 | DefAI Project aims to give age assurance its own dedicated deepfake detection toolkitDeepfake detection, not so long ago guarding a niche corner of the internet, has erupted into a veritable battle royal,… |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Age assurance regulations risk coming too soon as global trials collect dataIn the ongoing policy tug-of-war over age verification measures for pornographic websites, it may be a classic case of premature… |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Gov’t assessment of online safety gets it wrong on age assurance: AVPAThere is turmoil in the world of policy to regulate online age restrictions, as regulators and age assurance providers tug… |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Ireland publishes age assurance rulesIreland’s Online Safety Code has been published to establish age assurance rules and regulate content for online video-sharing platforms with… |
| Oct 17, 2024 | AVPA age verification approach uses signed QR codes to share relevant age dataFollowing up on comments posted to LinkedIn regarding an interoperable solution for retail use cases of age verification, the Age… |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Age assurance laws for social media prove slipperyAge verification for social media remains a fluid issue across regions, as stakeholders argue their positions to courts and governments,… |
| Oct 4, 2024 | The EUDI Wallet was not meant for age assurance: AVPAThe European Union should not look at the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet as an age-assurance solution to keep minors… |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Biometrics firms pitch privacy in age assurance ahead of US court battleThe U.S. is facing its first constitutional debate connected with age verification in 20 years: The Supreme Court will have… |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Texas age verification law mostly unconstitutional: US district court judgeIn court battles over age assurance, victory can be a matter of perspective. A Texas judge has ruled that the… |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Tech lobby group’s appeal on kids online safety law deniedIn a win for age verification providers and advocates, the lobby group representing many of the world’s largest and richest… |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Age verification debate rages from New York to WashingtonIain Corby of the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) took the floor in New York at a Philippines-led UN hearing… |
| Jul 31, 2024 | AVPA argues that effective age verification is available and uncomplicatedWould you expect a kid to be able to wander casually into a bawdy house or a gin palace and… |
| Jul 17, 2024 | ‘Highly effective age assurance’ poorly defined in Ofcom consult, says AVPAThe Age Verification Provider’s Association (AVPA) has issued an extensive response to the UK regulator’s consultation on “Protecting children from… |
| Jul 5, 2024 | AVPA ditches support for California age assurance bill after amendmentThe Age Verification Provider’s Association (AVPA) has withdrawn its support for California’s online age verification bill in response to amendments… |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Porn sites try different tacks to wriggle out of US age assurance obligationThe most popular network of pornography sites on the internet is blocking access by users in five more states as… |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Online age checks blasted by US rights group, researchersOnline age checks are threatening Americans’ constitutional rights, according to a free speech advocacy group and a team of academics…. |
| May 27, 2024 | Age verification comes to social media as age of unregulated use nears an endIf trends continue, social media is set to follow in the path of cigarettes: an activity benefitting early from lax… |
| May 8, 2024 | Ofcom’s new Children’s Safety Codes require “highly effective age checks”Ofcom has dropped the proverbial hammer on age-sensitive internet services, releasing an update that sets out more than 40 practical… |
