Legal age is porous online; digital ID firms, regulators, platforms spar for leverage
The increasing demand for age assurance tools to protect youth online is prompting new investments in biometrics and digital identity…
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Protecting our youth: The role of IDV in ensuring secure gaming
Protecting our youth: The role of IDV in ensuring secure gaming Online December 12, 2023, 11am-1pm CEST According to a…
Porn gets the marquee in Australian opposition’s age verification bill
Amid rising global interest in online age verification, Australia’s politicians are indulging in a bit of gamesmanship, with the coalition…
Age verification legislation sparks First Amendment battles
Lawmakers at state and federal levels are proposing age verification legislation to protect minors. Texas is once again able to…
Fingerprint biometrics hold promise to address retailers’ common challenges
By Vito Fabbrizio Managing Director, Biometrics Business Unit, HID Retailers are looking for ways to upgrade their security, control costs…
Life-simulation video game uses Yoti’s facial age estimation for restricted features
3D virtual world game Avakin Life is now using Yoti‘s age assurance to have adult players verify their age before…
Spain using bone biometrics to determine migrants’ ages
The way some biometric systems are being used to determine the age of African migrants and refugees is being criticized…
Ofcom begins rolling out age assurance guidance for UK businesses, Yoti pans the pace
The regulator tasked with ensuring websites comply with the UK’s new rules for online age assurance and protections for minors…
Next up with an age-verification plan to keep US kids off porn sites is Alabama
A pair of politicians in the U.S. state of Alabama say they will re-introduce legislation gating adult content online, taxing…
Age verification is rising and euConsent wants to be a global solution
As countries such as the UK, the U.S. and Australia have been introducing or considering age verification regulation, the European…
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