2026-06-18
Ian Fleming
AI-based identity platform company Argos Identity will provide its remote identity verification (eKYC) solution, ID Check, to global K-pop pop-up store operator V-Eight Corp.
2026-06-21
Per Henrikson
Estonia plans to become the first country in the world to introduce digital identities for AI agents to better regulate the industry, Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) has said.
Australia's 2024 Social Media Minimum Age Act, effective December 2025, set a strict 16+ age for social media, transferring oversight from parents to tech companies. However, the law has largely failed, with teens easily circumventing age verification using "easy workarounds" like fake birth dates or borrowed accounts.
Discord tests Google Wallet and credit card checks to confirm users are 18+ after backlash over face scans. Face and ID selfie scans remain an option, now using Incode with on-device processing after prior data leak concerns. Credit-card check is pitched as less invasive and ideal for Nitro payers, but controversy and testing continue.
2026-06-21
Per Henrikson
Efforts to verify identity without exposing sensitive personal data are moving from theory into patent filings and public funding applications. In a new European
The Hashgraph Group and Truesense have filed a European patent application for a digital identity system called Continuous Identity Trust Infrastructure. The system is intended to verify that a person was physically present at a specific place and time without disclosing personal data.
At a minimum, the CIP would have to include risk-based procedures for verifying the identity of each customer to the extent reasonable and practicable.
