Rage verification: objections to UK, US online safety laws get heated
In the course of a few months, online age assurance – and the age verification or age estimation tech that…
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US makes changes to EU Digital Services Act a condition of final trade deal
Having hurled accusations of censorship at the UK Online Safety Act, the U.S. government is putting more pressure on Europe…
Online Safety Act irks UK porn users, US State Department
Traffic to regulated UK porn sites has shrunk dramatically, losing nearly 50 percent of its tumescence since age check laws…
Yoti reports surge in digital ID downloads as assessments of OSA’s impact begin
People and businesses in the UK have been interacting with the changes wrought to the internet by the Online Safety…
EU seeks more age verification transparency amid contentious debate
Age assurance requirements are contentious everywhere, and robust social dialogue is needed to make clear what kind of online gating…
Spotify picks Yoti for age verification, estimation amid UK’s OSA growing pains
Spotify has implemented age assurance in the form of facial age estimation and ID verification with face biometrics, both from…
Should payment processors dictate online safety compliance for sites that rely on them?
People tend to trust their credit card providers to comply with regulations, but as online safety laws kick in, some…
AVPA, PASS collaborate to enable in-person age verification with digital ID
A marquee promise accompanied the UK government’s late 2024 announcement on its digital ID scheme: by Christmas 2025, revelers would…
UK high court hears Wikipedia suit against Online Safety Act category rules
Web 2.0 is more than two decades old, but in many ways the world is just beginning to reckon with…
UK age verification is here: Ofcom set to begin enforcing Online Safety Act
The age assurance bell is tolling in the UK, where the Online Safety Act is set to take effect. The…
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