Canadian lawmakers consider age verification, estimation for online porn access
Legislation to restrict youth access to pornography with age checks has returned to the floor of Canada’s parliament. Bill S-209…
Age Assurance
Biometric age assurance is any method of confirming a claim about the age of an individual by measuring their physical characteristics or actions. It includes age verification, which compares face biometrics from a reference image on an identity document to a facial photo or selfie, and age estimation, which analyzes the facial features in a photo to estimate a person’s age, typically within a given range. It also includes other methods that utilize voice or gesture.
Spain’s digital wallet to be included in EU age assurance app pilot project
In tandem with enforcement action on age assurance, the European Commission is ramping up activity on the EU age verification…
Creds, PlaySafe ID target growing business for digital ID in videogames
Whether it’s making sure a player is actually human or making sure the right person is signing in to play…
Privately facial age estimation does 300,000 age checks a month
Privately SA is now processing nearly 300,000 age checks monthly through its AgeAI and FaceAssure age assurance products (for offline…
Zero knowledge proofs reveal their utility for age verification and beyond: Aztec
A research report from Aztec examines the potential in zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) for privacy preserving online age assurance. Making a…
Age assurance laws in EU, UK starting to sting as governments ramp up digital ID
Word is beginning to get around: the regulators are coming. As regulatory bodies in the UK and the EU begin…
Texas puts age verification on app stores despite Apple, Google pushback
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a law that requires app stores to implement age assurance measures, or obtain parental…
European Commission age assurance investigation targets major porn sites
While the UK’s Ofcom dips a few toes into the waters of regulatory enforcement for age assurance laws, the European…
Italian regulator outlines technical methods for EC white label age assurance app
Italy’s Communications Regulatory Authority, AGCOM, is among the Digital Services Coordinators chosen by the European Commission to participate in the…
Social media age verification trends globally as lawmakers on 4 continents push policy
Texas is readying a bill to ban social media for minors in a global trend towards age assurance. If enacted,…
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