Apple volleys age verification question back to sites and apps
Apple has released a white paper that lays out its position on age assurance and outlines new tools it will…
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Meta insists app stores, not apps, are the best place for age assurance measures
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta continues to lead the push to make app stores responsible for age assurance, in a thinly-veiled campaign…
YouTube, Meta lean into age assurance in 2025
In the past twelve months, age assurance for online content – a method for knowing that a user is of…
China’s DeepSeek AI poses formidable cyber, data privacy threats
China’s DeepSeek AI model represents a transformative development in China’s AI capabilities, and its implications for cyberattacks and data privacy…
Should app stores be responsible for age assurance? Meta says yes but experts disagree
Social media platforms are not fond of age assurance measures as a rule, but Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook,…
Meta announces new age-checking measures for young Instagram users
Meta is trying to relieve pressure from lawmakers to protect teenage users from harmful content by making it much harder…
Meta reboots Facebook face biometrics to combat ‘celeb-bait’ ads
Meta is testing face biometrics as a way to detect and prevent celeb-bait ads on its platforms. This reboot of…
App stores enter the age verification debate as social media points fingers
In the dialogue about how to effectively protect young people from accessing adult content online, social media companies take a…
Meta’s $1.4B settlement in Texas biometric data privacy lawsuit approved
Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to settle the lawsuit against it for using…
Voice biometrics need hybrid model for secure authentication, says Meta patent
Engineers at Meta have filed for a patent to cover an authentication system that combines voice biometrics with skin vibrations….
