Spotify picks Yoti for age verification, estimation amid UK’s OSA growing pains
Spotify has implemented age assurance in the form of facial age estimation and ID verification with face biometrics, both from…
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YouTube plays different cards in US, Australia in adapting to age assurance era
There is continued consternation in Australia over the government’s decision to include YouTube in its online safety laws for social…
UK age verification is here: Ofcom set to begin enforcing Online Safety Act
The age assurance bell is tolling in the UK, where the Online Safety Act is set to take effect. The…
With age verification law back on in France, Aylo blocks Pornhub again
Aylo, which owns some of the world’s most highly trafficked free pornography websites, has once again pulled the boudoir curtain…
Ofcom planning more safety measures to tackle addictive design
It has been noted previously in these pages that the UK is looking to be taken seriously in pursuing its…
UN initiative unites standards bodies to tackle global deepfake threat
You may have heard a friend or relative proclaim recently, “I can’t even tell what’s real anymore.” Generative AI is…
New Ofcom proposal calls for highly effective age assurance for livestreams
Ofcom is determined to make the most of its “Year of Action,” having released yet another set of proposals to…
Promise from major porn sites to implement age verification a win for Ofcom
In the heated match between the UK’s online regulator and adult websites objecting to age verification rules, the advantage has…
UK age verification deadline one month out for sites offering adult content
UK internet users have exactly one month left to access porn sites with one click of a button. That’s how…
UK ‘super-complaints regime’ to super-charge Ofcom’s online safety enforcement
Complaints are one thing, but violators of the UK’s Online Safety Act are about to meet super-complaints. The Department for…
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