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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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Italy’s regulator releases list of adult platforms covered by age verification law
Another domino in the global game of age verification for adult content sites is about to fall, this one in…
| Oct 27, 2025 | Is age verification killing porn site traffic? Aylo says yes, AVPA says noIn the lead-up to the enforcement deadline of the UK’s Online Safety Act, Aylo, the company that owns Pornhub and… |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Australian legislators spar with platforms, each other over age assurance lawsIf there’s one thing every platform can agree on when it comes to age assurance, it’s that biometric age verification… |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Ready or informed or not, here comes UK’s national digital ID debateThe UK’s mandatory digital ID scheme is facing criticism from nearly all observers, but for reasons that range from the… |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Progress on age assurance since enforcement deadline ‘substantial,’ says ICOA recent webinar from Shufti Pro sees the UK firm digging into the age assurance question, exploring how platforms can… |
| Sep 24, 2025 | New Zealand takes stock of online age verification optionsAge assurance is on New Zealand’s agenda as the country advances its digital identity system and the Trust Framework that… |
| Sep 10, 2025 | AVPA says OSA launch successful, but regulation, deployments need refiningThe Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) has published a postmortem on the UK Online Safety Act rollout, with details on… |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Australian consult on age checks for social media shows common themesAustralia’s eSafety Commissioner has released documents summarizing the results of public consultations on how best to implement social media age… |
| Sep 5, 2025 | UK OSA rollout offers lessons for US lawmakers on trust, communicationThe current debate over the UK’s Online Safety Act provides a useful illustration of how two key pillars of a… |
| Aug 22, 2025 | India charts new path to reduce online harms to children with age verificationAs in digital identity, India is charting an unexplored course in pursuit of goals shared with nations around the world… |
| Aug 18, 2025 | VPNs a navigable challenge for age assurance sector, says AVPAWhat to do about Virtual Private Networks? The VPN question is on the minds of many organizations and legislators navigating… |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Register now for Aug 20 webinar on age verification in India under DPDPAIndia’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) is now in force, bringing compliance requirements for age assurance rules. Technology providers… |
| Jul 29, 2025 | AVPA, PASS collaborate to enable in-person age verification with digital IDA marquee promise accompanied the UK government’s late 2024 announcement on its digital ID scheme: by Christmas 2025, revelers would… |
| Jul 28, 2025 | As OSA kicks in, Yoti sees 25% spike in traffic, lands at number two on Apple chartsUK age assurance provider Yoti has hit the charts in a big way following the activation of the Online Safety… |
| Jul 24, 2025 | UK age verification is here: Ofcom set to begin enforcing Online Safety ActThe age assurance bell is tolling in the UK, where the Online Safety Act is set to take effect. The… |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Here comes the age check: BU Podcast talks age assurance with AVPA’s Iain Corby Like it or not, age assurance is going mainstream. As regulators in the UK and Europe begin enforcing new… |
| Jun 27, 2025 | SCOTUS rules to uphold Texas age verification law in high-profile caseIn the high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case of Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the court has ruled 6-3 in favor… |
| Jun 25, 2025 | No carveout for YouTube in age check law, advises eSafety AustraliaIs YouTube social? Is it safe? These are the questions currently hounding Australia’s draft safety codes for protecting children online…. |
| Jun 20, 2025 | AVPA laud findings from age assurance tech trialThe Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA), and several of its members, have welcomed the publication of preliminary findings from the… |
| Jun 19, 2025 | Social media needs age verification for users under 15, say 11 EU member statesThe pressure to impose age checks for social media platforms is growing in the EU, and regulators and providers are… |
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| Feb 28, 2024 | Age verification: Lessons learned from the UK |
