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Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

2027-08-20 Ian Fleming
The country’s chip-based national identity card, first piloted in Cluj county, i...
Authologic Registers as EU Digital Identity Provider Ahead of eIDAS 2.0 Mandate

Authologic Registers as EU Digital Identity Provider Ahead of eIDAS 2.0 Mandate

2026-09-06 Per Henrikson
Authologic has been registered by Narodowy Bank Polski as a Trust Service Provid...
Utah won’t enforce VPN law pending judge’s ruling in Pornhub lawsuit

Utah won’t enforce VPN law pending judge’s ruling in Pornhub lawsuit

2026-09-06 Ian Fleming
Utah has agreed not to enforce a controversial law requiring age verification on...
Oklahoma Becomes the 16th State to Put Driver’s Licences in Apple Wallet

Oklahoma Becomes the 16th State to Put Driver’s Licences in Apple Wallet

2026-09-06 Ian Fleming
Joins Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa,...
Windows 11 Could Verify Your Age Without Sharing Your Birthday

Windows 11 Could Verify Your Age Without Sharing Your Birthday

2026-09-06 Per Henrikson
Microsoft is working on Windows 11 age verification that could tell apps if you'...
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Authologic Registers as EU Digital Identity Provider Ahead of eIDAS 2.0 Mandate

Authologic Registers as EU Digital Identity Provider Ahead of eIDAS 2.0 Mandate

2026-09-06 Per Henrikson
Authologic has been registered by Narodowy Bank Polski as a Trust Service Provider to issue Electronic Attestations of Attributes for upcoming EU Digital Identity Wallets ahead of eIDAS 2.0 requirements.
Veratad Technologies to Showcase AI-Driven Age and Identity Verification at Identity Week America 2026

Veratad Technologies to Showcase AI-Driven Age and Identity Verification at Identity Week America 2026

Veratad is pushing its The Veratad VX℠ Orchestration Platform, The Veratad VX℠ Agent Toolkit , and Certified age assurance.
Sumsub Launches Flagship Podcast 'Trust Forward' Exploring the Architecture of Human Belief

Sumsub Launches Flagship Podcast 'Trust Forward' Exploring the Architecture of Human Belief

/PRNewswire/ -- Sumsub, the first AI-powered trust infrastructure for compliance operations at scale, today announced the launch of its new narrative podcast...

Mitek Takes All Top 3 Image Category Spots in Prestigious Independent Face Liveness Detection Competition

Fourthline Trust Services Granted Status as Qualified Trust Service Provider in the EU

GBG launches Reach to verify AI agents' address data

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Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

2027-08-20 Ian Fleming
The country’s chip-based national identity card, first piloted in Cluj county, is now issued nationally, with more than EUR 150 million in European funds financing the first batches in 2026.
Utah won’t enforce VPN law pending judge’s ruling in Pornhub lawsuit

Utah won’t enforce VPN law pending judge’s ruling in Pornhub lawsuit

Utah has agreed not to enforce a controversial law requiring age verification on adult content websites and to crack down on VPNs that seek to circumvent it.
Oklahoma Becomes the 16th State to Put Driver’s Licences in Apple Wallet

Oklahoma Becomes the 16th State to Put Driver’s Licences in Apple Wallet

Joins Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. The feature also runs in Puerto Rico and works with Japan’s My Number Card. Apple has been preparing launches in North Carolina and Utah in the coming months, and named Connecticut, Kentucky and Mississippi as committed some years ago.

Windows 11 Could Verify Your Age Without Sharing Your Birthday

Meta agrees to teen safety measures in the US

Discord hit with backlash after plans resurface for global age verification system

Technology
Post-quantum security spreads across digital identity infrastructure

Post-quantum security spreads across digital identity infrastructure

2026-08-29 Per Henrikson
Fobi, WISeKey and Atsign add quantum-resistant protections across mobile credentials, PKI, secure hardware and developer platforms.
DETECT-World Is Live on Eden AI: Deepfake Detection Through a Single API

DETECT-World Is Live on Eden AI: Deepfake Detection Through a Single API

Eden AI is a unified API platform based in France, used by over 200,000 developers. It aggregates 700+ AI models from 50+ providers behind a single endpoint, so teams can access LLMs, computer vision, document parsing, and speech processing through one API key and one billing dashboard.
Age Estimation Software: The Best Providers in 2026

Age Estimation Software: The Best Providers in 2026

Ofcom’s enforcement window for the UK Online Safety Act’s age assurance rules opened on July 25, 2025. The article analyzes iDenfy, Persona, k-ID, Yoti, and Veratad.

Oleria and Happiest Minds Partner to Accelerate Modern Identity Governance for AI-First Enterprises

Forbes: Blockchain’s Real Identity Use Case Is Cross-Border Interoperability

Six identity capabilities for securing autonomous AI agents

Legal
UK guidance indicates only gov’t digital ID wallet will get primary credentials

UK guidance indicates only gov’t digital ID wallet will get primary credentials

2026-09-03 Per Henrikson
The latest update to the guidance page indicates that certified digital verification service (DVS) providers will have access to only derived credentials.
US age assurance enters implementation phase as courts, lawmakers refine rules

US age assurance enters implementation phase as courts, lawmakers refine rules

US age assurance enters implementation as courts and lawmakers refine rules, porn sites geoblock instead of verifying age, and NetChoice keeps fighting social media laws.
California Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification

California Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification

California lawmakers have exempted open-source operating systems and software from the state’s upcoming age-verification law, protecting Linux, BSD and their wider software ecosystems.

Egypt's Central Bank issued regulations for a digital financial identity platform enabling remote customer verification

India drops shared biometric database from telecom verification rules

India issues new SIM card rules for 2026: Biometric verification required for new connections and KYC changes