Measured approach to age assurance needed, Aussie safety commish says
Australia’s online safety watchdog has called on lawmakers to introduce age verification as part of a suite of measures to…
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Five Eyes biometric data sharing increases by over 100X with little transparency
A network for sharing biometrics, demographics and other data about visitors, migrants and other travelers has ballooned in scope and…
Mobile driver’s licenses continue to pick up speed
Mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) are among the final pieces of a fully-realized digital wallet ecosystem that would see us permanently…
Age assurance laws trigger lawsuits in ongoing scuffle with porn, social media
Lawsuits continue to accumulate in the battle over age verification measures intended to protect minors from accessing adult content online,…
mDL adoption picking up speed in America
Many states in the United States have already initiated the adoption of digital driver’s licenses, while others are in the…
Those wronged by facial recognition join rights groups in calling for police ban
There is a small but growing lobby made up of people who have been wrongly arrested as a result of…
US Gen Zers struggle with identity verification as ‘Digital Ghosts’: Socure
Socure has released a new study revealing that 35 percent of Gen Zers in the U.S. and nearly a third…
Age assurance legislation proves contentious and confusing to advocates
Efforts by governments around the anglosphere to put age assurance barriers between children and age-restricted content are not sufficiently targeted…
Real ID requirement finally set to take effect on May 7, 2025
Real ID is about to get real. As of May 2025, adults will no longer be able to use traditional…
Age verification comes to social media as age of unregulated use nears an end
If trends continue, social media is set to follow in the path of cigarettes: an activity benefitting early from lax…
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