No pints with digital ID or porn from Belize for UK revelers this Christmas
UK drinkers raising a glass to former Technology Secretary Peter Kyle this Christmas would best honour him with a glass…
UK age verification
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Age verification without liveness nets Belize porn site operator £1M Ofcom fine
Enforcement of the UK’s Online Safety Act is progressing, with regulator Ofcom announcing a fine of over £1 million for…
Nudify apps face the wrath of online safety regulators as enforcement ramps up
Most technology has its defenders, the AI enthusiasts or connoisseurs of online porn. Less so for nudify or nudification apps,…
Ofcom implementation delays trigger pressure from DSIT, pushback from Wikipedia
Months after it began enforcing the UK Online Safety Act and its related codes, British regulator Ofcom finds itself in…
School phone bans don’t do much, but age appropriate design does
Age checks for social media are on the minds of regulators globally, including in the UK. In a presentation from…
Calls for chatbot age assurance increase as allegations of self-harm, psychosis grow
A key question facing society is, at what point do we determine that something is a threat to our health…
Effectiveness of age gates for social media algorithms, chatbots next targets in UK
The algorithms that social media platforms use to determine what is presented to young UK users in their feeds will…
Is age verification killing porn site traffic? Aylo says yes, AVPA says no
In the lead-up to the enforcement deadline of the UK’s Online Safety Act, Aylo, the company that owns Pornhub and…
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…
Rights groups concerned over UK’s plan to use biometric age estimation on migrants
Rights groups and social work experts are expressing concerns about the UK’s plans to introduce biometric facial age estimation for…
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