Age estimation tech faces an uphill battle in Australia
Last week, the Australian government announced an age assurance trial in preparation for introducing rules for regulating children’s access to…
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Utah judge blocks age verification requirement for social media
A federal judge in Utah has ruled in favor of tech lobby group NetChoice and against the state’s new law…
Australia launches tender to trial biometric age estimation and alternatives
Australia’s government has issued a request for tender to conduct a trial of age assurance technologies including age estimation based…
Au10tix highlights APAC as hotspot in global identity fraud report
Based on data from millions of transactions processed between April and June 2024, Au10tix’s Q2 2024 global identity fraud report,…
Texas age verification law mostly unconstitutional: US district court judge
In court battles over age assurance, victory can be a matter of perspective. A Texas judge has ruled that the…
From doubt to assurance: The battle for online integrity
By Aled Lloyd Owen, Global Policy Director, Onfido As the UK public digested the results of July’s General Election, and…
Draft bill allowing German police to search web with facial recognition panned
Germany is among the first European nations to push at the seams of the AI Act, with a row brewing…
Kid’s privacy bills passed by US Senate; House path unclear
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed in a decisive 93 to 1 vote two landmark bipartisan bills that represent the first…
US sues TikTok for alleged violations of kids’ privacy, court order
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has sued TikTok, its parent company ByteDance and affiliated companies “to put an end to…
Meta’s $1.4B settlement in Texas biometric data privacy lawsuit approved
Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to settle the lawsuit against it for using…
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