Social media regulation goes viral as NZ, EU look to follow Australia
Can regulation go viral? It’s not a bad way to describe what’s happening with online safety legislation related to age…
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‘Industrialized deception’ of deepfakes makes 2025 tipping point for detection market
“We’re through the looking glass here, people.” The line is from TV’s The Simpsons, spoken by bespectacled Milhouse about a…
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner backs regulating LFR with primary legislation
The UK has been debating its lack of unified regulation for facial recognition use over the past several years. In…
New proposal pushes EU-wide digital minimum age of 16 for social media
EU lawmakers want children to be protected online, and some of them say platforms aren’t doing enough, fast enough. New…
Australian legislators spar with platforms, each other over age assurance laws
If there’s one thing every platform can agree on when it comes to age assurance, it’s that biometric age verification…
EU updates age verification blueprint app amid debate on social media restrictions
The European Commission has released a second version of the EU’s age verification app blueprint, as the bloc continues to…
Deepfakes on steep rise in South Africa, fintech & banking hardest hit
The Senior Director of Fraud Product Management at TransUnion Africa, Amritha Reddy, has bemoaned the supersonic surge in deepfake cases…
Age rules for search engines should consider unique factors: Australian tech body
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), the major trade body and advocacy group for Australia’s digital industries, has submitted its…
Digital rights groups urge EU to implement AI Act according to schedule
A group of 31 digital rights organizations have urged the European Commission to ensure that the AI Act is implemented…
What we talk about when we talk about biometrics and policing
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner When I was the UK’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner,…
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