Age assurance lobby gets busier with new Meta-backed coalition
Washington has a new advocate for consumer choice in the smartphone ecosystem: a release announces the launch of the Coalition…
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World storms into US market, riding wave of relaxed regulations
It was only a matter of time – both before Sam Altman and Alex Blania’s biometric World Network announced its…
Google joins age assurance market as Wallet use cases, availability expand
Google has unveiled a slate of changes to enable age assurance and identity verification with its digital wallet in more…
UK Children’s Commissioner calls for ban on ‘nudify’ AI apps
The UK Children’s Commissioner is calling for a total ban on apps that use generative AI tools to create sexually…
Age assurance shouldn’t lead to harvesting of kids’ data: Irish privacy watchdog
Age assurance requirements for pornography sites and platforms hosting extremely violent content will become mandatory in Ireland this July. Media…
Watch: UK biometric age assurance market overview
Join Biometric Update Managing Editor Chris Burt, Contributing Editor Joel R. McConvey and Goode Intelligence CEO and Chief Analyst Alan…
Biometric Update Podcast looks at the road to a global standard for age assurance
Episode 2 of the Biometric Update Podcast is a dispatch from the 2025 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, held from…
UK online child safety rules finalized by Ofcom ahead of July deadline
New rules have been set for protecting UK children from online harms with the publication of the Protection of Children…
Age assurance enforcement concerns raised as porn sites drag feet
A barking dog is alarming, but if it has no legs, it’s not scary for very long. This is particularly…
Missouri introduces first dual-level age assurance requirement for porn
It’s spring, and enforcement is in the air. A wave of age assurance and online safety regulation has reached the…
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