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…
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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…
PimEyes sees use by Australian police, enacts ban on searches for children
The controversial Tbilisi-based facial recognition website PimEyes, which lets users upload photos of anonymous people and scrapes the Internet for…
How digital credentials tackle age-old doubts about identity
The UK’s growing reliance on digital identities offers a new approach to an age-old problem: how do you know someone…
Safety, privacy professionals caution against facial recognition in US schools
As facial recognition deployments and restrictions proliferate among American schools, observers are calling for sober evaluation of claims made by…
UNICEF pens deal to support Ethiopia’s digital ID registration for children
Ethiopia’s National ID Program (NIDP) is on the fast lane to popularizing its digital ID system with a series of…
New York and Ohio introduce legislation requiring online age assurance
New York Attorney General Letitia James, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, State Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Assemblymember Nily Rozic announced…
Facial recognition shut out of New York State schools
Schools in the U.S. state of New York cannot buy or use facial recognition. Some schools had deployed cameras and…
Anonymity vs child protection: Why protecting minors online is proving more difficult than you think
By Dr. Heinrich Grave, Senior Vice President Digital Identity, IDnow For almost as long as the internet has existed, it…
UK passes Online Safety Bill, paving the way to biometric age verification
After years of heated debates and delays, Britain has passed its Online Safety Bill, which could introduce more age verification…
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