As Dec 10 deadline approaches, opponents of Australia social media law get louder
With less than two weeks to go before Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 takes effect, Silicon Valley…
facial age estimation (FAE)
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Yoti passes a billion age checks, building foundation of trust
A blog from the UK biometrics and digital identity firm Yoti says it has now completed over one billion age…
Snap selects ConnectID, k-ID for Australian age verification
In Australia, Snapchat users can now prove their age using ID document validation or biometrics from k-ID, or with ConnectID,…
Yoti to provide 4 age assurance options for Shopify
Shopify has integrated Yoti’s biometric technology to provide age checks for the sale of age-restricted goods, marking a significant win…
Roblox to make age assurance for chat mandatory as of January 2026
Roblox is trying. In the face of mounting criticism of the social gaming platform’s failure to protect kids from grooming…
Increasing adoption forces facial age estimation to retread familiar debates
Facial age estimation is under increased scrutiny as regulations like the UK’s Online Safety Act introduce millions of people to…
AgeAware goes live, setting up faceoff between reusable age check systems
AgeAware, the cryptographic token-based age assurance system developed by the nonprofit euCONSENT ASBL, has gone live. The launch comes in…
With OpenAge, k-ID presents itself as one big interoperable solution for age checks
A new initiative from k-ID is aiming to corner the market on reusable age checks, with support from tech’s heavy…
Email age inference an option for Australians confused about social media law
Australia’s legislation prohibiting kids under 16 from having social media accounts takes effect on December 10. On that day, 2.8…
Yoti confirms compliance for MyFace liveness tool with iBeta PAD retests
UK digital identity player Yoti has announced that its latest liveness detection tool, MyFace, has been re-tested by iBeta Quality…
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