Popular porn sites hit with EU regulation mandating age verification
Popular porn sites Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos will be forced to prevent European minors from accessing their content online, including…
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Proposed changes to US children’s privacy rules count biometrics as personal data
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, unencumbered by more conservative members, is changing the nation’s primary regulation controlling commercial access to…
Canada makes another move towards age verification for porn sites
A bill that would require Canadians to verify their age online before accessing pornography has advanced another step on its…
EU inches closer to fingerprinting child asylum seekers, US sees its own proposals
After years of debates, the European Union may finally be ready to begin collecting the biometrics of asylum seekers as…
Facial recognition among new restrictions Meta is fighting in U.S. courts
Meta is pushing back against a federal court decision allowing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to seek to impose new…
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…
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…
Age-verification vendors could benefit from the new gang-suit of Meta
A group of U.S. attorneys general are suing Meta Platforms and Instagram, alleging that they are winking at the general…
UK introduces Online Safety Bill mandating age verification
The United Kingdom has finally introduced its controversial Online Safety Bill, which will require companies to keep children away from…
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