Privacy, free speech, children’s online safety collide in age assurance legal wars
By this point, the amount of collective hand wringing over children’s online safety and related age assurance legislation could surely…
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Ondato’s biometric age verification joins NIST leaderboard
Ondato has joined the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology evaluation of age assurance algorithms in the latest update…
Scytáles, Deutsche Telekom to develop age assurance component for EUDI
As the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet has progressed, its utility as a tool for age assurance has been a…
ACCS announces participants in Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial
In keeping with its philosophy of transparency by default in running Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial, the Age Check Certification…
Gesture-based age estimation tool BorderAge joins Australia age assurance trial
Australia’s age assurance technology trial is testing the new biometric tool that performs age estimation based on hand gestures. The…
Social media ban for kids under 13 advances through US Senate committee
U.S. kids under 13 could soon be banned from accessing social media platforms, as an age assurance law makes its…
Maryland age assurance lawsuit shows NetChoice digging in on First Amendment
The legal lockup over age assurance continues in Maryland, where tech industry lobby group NetChoice has filed a lawsuit challenging…
Watch: Navigating the UK’s Online Safety Act – choosing the right age verification tech
With the UK’s Online Safety Act coming into force this July, businesses must implement robust age verification (AV) measures to…
Age check legislation to prevent youth alcohol, tobacco sales expanding globally
In line with analyst predictions for 2025, various countries and territories are strengthening age verification regulations to protect minors from…
Biometric age assurance legislation in New York targets porn, alcohol
A new senate bill in New York brings the state’s 2025-26 legislative session into the fray on age assurance for…
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