Canada regulator backs privacy-preserving age assurance
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has published a policy note and guidance documents pertaining to age…
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Opinions on UK Online Safety Act emphasize importance of enforcement
Online safety legislation is making headlines around the world. But in places where laws have taken effect, are they proving…
Hopae launches eIDAS 2.0, AMLR onboarding readiness tool
Hopae has launched a free self-assessment tool to help financial institutions offering customer onboarding and identity verification to evaluate their…
Wicket, Paciolan deal opens up big market for biometric ticketing at college sports
Biometric ticketing and facial authentication company Wicket has announced a partnership with Paciolan, which provides ticketing, fundraising, marketing, and analytics…
Norway, Turkiye, Malaysia pursue social media age restriction
Norway plans to introduce age restrictions for social media platforms before the end of 2026. A release from the Norwegian…
AI regulation set to become US midterm battleground
The fight over AI regulation in Congress is becoming less a conventional technology policy debate than a struggle over who…
Japan moves toward age verification for social media filters and risk labels
Japan’s policymakers are considering their own version of age assurance for social media with content filtering taking the limelight. Nikkei…
Denmark imposes age checks to restrict social media to kids under 15
Welcome two more Europeans nations to the global age assurance legislation party. The Danish government is moving ahead with an…
Massachusetts moves to pair school phone limits with tough youth social media crackdown
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House passed a broad rewrite of Senate bill S.2581, using H.5349 as its amendment text, which…
Japan introduces new rules on biometric data in APPI amendment bill
Amendments are coming to Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI). The country’s cabinet has approved a bill…
