Florida law brings age verification for adult sites, bans social media for users under 14
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed House Bill 3 (HB 3) to enact a law requiring social media platforms to…
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Legal age is porous online; digital ID firms, regulators, platforms spar for leverage
The increasing demand for age assurance tools to protect youth online is prompting new investments in biometrics and digital identity…
Court cites age estimation concerns in halting California’s online child safety law
Federal U.S. judge Beth Freeman has granted a request by NetChoice, to block the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA)….
Battle over age verification heats up in increasingly censorious US
Depending on the point of view, online life in the United States is either marching toward safety for children or…
Finding a coherent framework for age verification to keep kids safe online
A June 2023 policy paper on age verification to keep kids safe online proposes a framework for regulators to develop…
The age verification debate is heating up among global policymakers
Debates about introducing age verification systems to protect minors online have been heating up across the world with tech giants…
Proposed age verification bills across US online privacy, anonymity debate
Moves by some state houses of representatives in the United States to put in place laws that restrict access to…
Protect kids or avoid censorship — ID verification debate warms in US
Moralizing aside, stated concerns in the United States about the innocence of childhood are going to be good business for…
Update of last year’s COPPA overhaul would include biometrics restrictions
An update to the U.S.’ well-known children’s online data privacy law has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives. It…
IBIA combats rhetoric in comments on proposed Massachusetts facial recognition ban
The root concern with facial recognition among privacy advocates and the general public is with surveillance, rather than the technology…
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