Social media use requires ID verification in Nepal and Vietnam
While countries undergo digital transformation, which can include constructing a digital identity system or creating a national digital platform, somewhere…
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Meta insists app stores, not apps, are the best place for age assurance measures
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta continues to lead the push to make app stores responsible for age assurance, in a thinly-veiled campaign…
Singapore regulator studying age assurance for social media services
Singapore has already slapped app stores with age verification requirements, and is among nations exploring age assurance measures for social…
DIY ID attacks accessible to all with fraud-as-a-service
Israeli ID verification firm Au10tix has released its year-end 2024 Identity Fraud Report highlighting that mega cyber-attacks were carried out…
YouTube, Meta lean into age assurance in 2025
In the past twelve months, age assurance for online content – a method for knowing that a user is of…
Privacy, free speech, children’s online safety collide in age assurance legal wars
By this point, the amount of collective hand wringing over children’s online safety and related age assurance legislation could surely…
Social media ban for kids under 13 advances through US Senate committee
U.S. kids under 13 could soon be banned from accessing social media platforms, as an age assurance law makes its…
Link EU digital ID wallet to social media accounts to end anonymity: Spanish PM
Social media accounts held in the European Union should be linked to EU Digital Identity Wallets to prevent anonymity, Spanish…
TikTok users flock to RedNote, another Chinese app with privacy, security issues
With the prospect of a TikTok ban looming in the United States, many users are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese…
Singapore slaps app stores with age verification requirement for adult apps
Singapore will impose age assurance requirements on app stores starting in April 2025, blocking underage users from downloading social media…
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