Grindr partners with Facetec for biometric age assurance in the UK
Online dating and hookup sites are moving to implement age assurance technology ahead of incoming regulations. The latest is Grindr,…
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Video games need age assurance; k-ID and Microsoft offer good models: WEF
It is, in some sense, the elephant in the virtual living room, and definitely not as subject to interrogation as…
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…
Hey babe, check out my regulations: porn star, VerifyMy spice up UK Online Safety Act
It’s one thing when Christian moralists lobby for age assurance laws – but another thing entirely when the voices are…
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…
Yoti welcomes age assurance direction in UK Strategic Priorities
Yoti has weighed in on the UK government’s publication of its final draft Strategic Priorities for online safety. Prepared by…
Wikipedia says OSA categories ensnare it in IDV regulations targeting social media
The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, has launched a legal challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA), claiming that…
Ofcom poised to enforce kids codes
A recent meeting of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee saw Dame Melanie Dawes, head of UK regulator Ofcom, field…
Watch: UK biometric age assurance market overview
Join Biometric Update Managing Editor Chris Burt, Contributing Editor Joel R. McConvey and Goode Intelligence CEO and Chief Analyst Alan…
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