Age verification laws in the UK and US reassessed
While lawmakers around the world remind us to think of the children, digital identity watchdogs and citizen groups say restrictive…
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To grow biometric datasets, Google and Telus will pay $50 for short videos of children
The question of how to train face biometrics algorithms often comes with concerns about consent in the use of publicly…
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…
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…
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