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The Government Digital Wallet is part of the EU’s plan to offer digital identity to all of its citizens and residents by 2026 under the eIDAS 2.0 regulation.
Telegram adds official age verification bot with facial scan. Data stays on device. First rollout in UK due to legal requirements.
The clampdown appears to have backfired as online searches for VPNs, which can disguise a user's location, spiked by more than 700 per cent on Friday morning
As of July 2025, many Brits are looking for ways to bypass age verification on Reddit in the United Kingdom. The platform’s implementation of age verification is a result of the Online Safety Act enacted on July 25th.
A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday.
Riverside researchers have teamed up with Google on new system, UNITE, that can detect deepfakes even when faces aren't visible.
The law will make New Jersey the 16th state to allow its residents to use digital driver’s licenses in lieu of physical IDs.
Entrust and PlaySafe ID announce new partnership to enhance online gaming safety. Integration of Entrust Identity Verification solution provides seamless and secure Know Your Customer check. PlaySafe ID platform aims to combat cheating, bots and harmful behavior, while supporting compliance with the UK Online Safety Act’s Protection of Children Codes.
Many adult sites currently have simple boxes for users to tick and say they're over 18 - that's no longer good enough, according to Ofcom.
Orbital Sumsub transaction monitoring enhances stablecoin and fiat oversight, delivering compliance, screening. The relationship enhances Orbital’s ability to monitor and manage both fiat and stablecoin transactions, bolstering compliance capabilities while delivering a more seamless and secure user experience.
The crucial milestones of France’s digital identity journey have resulted from a long history of failure and half-baked developments, demonstrating the real timeline it takes to build a working wallet from a modest state of digitalisation.
Louisiana residents can now present their LA Wallet mDL at TSA security checkpoints, federal buildings and courthouses for the next three years.
