G7 backs privacy-preserving age assurance as Japan proposes social media access limits
Japan is considering new restrictions on minors’ access to social media while stopping short of blanket age bans. While countries…
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Malaysia mandates age checks for social media users, ID verification for advertisers
Malaysia’s National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA) is doing some careful messaging as age verification becomes mandatory for opening social media…
New York proposes biometric checks for sports betting apps
New York officials are considering new sports betting safeguards that could require biometric confirmation from users before they place online…
Rhode Island bills push age verification, limits for minors online
Rhode Island lawmakers are pressing ahead with a broad package of child online safety legislation that would impose new rules…
Key privacy gaps in Washington’s AI policy not addressed, audit find
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report warns that the federal government’s central AI guidance still leaves important privacy gaps…
India notifies its sweeping Digital Personal Data Protection rules
India has officially notified its Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, as it moves to regulate the processing and…
Brookings and Co-Develop urge smarter MDB financing and digital infrastructure reuse
As governments increasingly invest in digital public infrastructure (DPI), a new policy discussion led by Brookings and Co‑Develop is calling…
Financial services seek balance of trust, inclusion through face biometrics advances
Advances in the flexibility of face biometric liveness, deepfake detection and cross-sectoral collaboration represent the latest measures against fraud in…
US lawmaker advances new AI regulation bill amid battles over oversight
Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Wednesday rolled out the Sandbox Act, a bid to give AI developers temporary regulatory…
Startup Cyata nets $8.5M in funding to fight growing threat of AI agents gone bad
Robot agents gone rogue sounds like the premise of a spy film, but it has become a legitimate security problem,…
