Alaska bill imposes severe restrictions on social media for children
A bill newly passed in the Alaska House of Representatives, which bans AI-generated child sexual abuse material, now includes “provisions…
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Alaska launches Thales-developed mobile app to house digital ID
The state of Alaska continues its partnership with French public security firm Thales through the launch of a new Alaska…
Alaska seeks major AI overhaul of state services through myAlaska mobile app
Alaska is exploring a sweeping redesign of its statewide digital services platform, issuing a Request for Information (RFI) that signals…
American mDL uptake suggests digital ID mass adoption caught in the slow lane
Mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) are coming online as the first wave of government-issued digital IDs in the United States. The…
Launch of Alaska Mobile ID brings number of states with mDL to 19
Alaska has launched its mobile driver’s license (mDL) program, referred to locally as Mobile ID (mID), bringing the total number…
Thales wins contract to produce driver’s licenses and ID cards for Alaska DMV
The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has awarded Thales a contract to produce physical driver’s licenses and ID cards…
Alaska posts RFP for $2M fingerprint biometric processing system
The Alaska Department of Public Safety has posted a request for proposals for a biometric fingerprint processing system. Those submitting…
The politics of facial recognition in the US still swings like pendulum
U.S. privacy advocates scored one of their few recent legislative victories, pushing through a near-total ban on government use of…
8 US states renew contract for NEC’s ABIS services
A consortium of U.S. western states has renewed a multimodal biometric ID system contract with electronics vendor NEC Corporation of…
Alaska bill proposes repeal of Real ID to offer non-biometric driver’s licenses
Proposed legislation in Alaska would repeal the state’s implementation of the Real ID Act, the Tenth Amendment Center writes, setting up a…
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