Legal

Italy and Australia are about to enforce age verification

2025-11-08 Per Henrikson

AI, deepfakes and the burden of proof for digital evidence in litigation

2025-11-05 Per Henrikson

DHS proposes biometrics expansion for immigrants, dropping age restrictions and requiring biometrics from some US citizens

2025-11-04 Ian Fleming

Mashable: All the states and countries that have age-verification laws (so far)

2025-11-03 Per Henrikson

Age-verification laws have swept the world in recent years. These rules, also known as age assurance or age checks, often require websites that contain a certain (or any) amount of explicit content to confirm that users are over 18.

Russia Plans Biometric ID for Online Age Checks

2025-11-02 Ian Fleming

By merging digital identity with moral policing, Russia edges closer to an internet where every click carries a name.

Italy to launch age verification system for porn sites

2025-11-01 Ian Fleming

The move will take effect from 12 November and is aimed at preventing minors from accessing pornography online, in line with the European Digital Service Act to protect minors. AGCOM published an initial list of around 50 websites which will be subject to the stringent new rules, including well-known sites such as PornHub, YourPorn and OnlyFans, with the list set to be updated over time.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to extend AML supervision to lawyers, accountants, and TCSPs

2025-10-30 Ian Fleming

The move follows FATF’s identification of these professions as key vulnerabilities. The move broadens the AML perimeter beyond financial institutions, urging both banks and service providers to tighten due diligence, monitoring, and governance controls.

Criminal complaint against facial recognition company Clearview AI by the Austrian privacy organization noyb

2025-10-30 Per Henrikson

The complaint alleges that the company is engaged in ongoing illegal biometric data processing and has not complied with previous EU enforcement actions.

Senators propose banning teens from using AI chatbots

2025-10-28 Ian Fleming

A pair of senators has proposed legislation that would require AI companies to verify the age of people who use their chatbots, while banning children under 18.

California Enacts Digital Age Verification Law

2025-10-23 Per Henrikson

On October 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1043, the Digital Age Assurance Act (Act), into law. Effective January 1, 2027,

Experian fined $3.2 million for mass-collecting personal data

2025-10-21 Ian Fleming

Experian Netherlands fined EUR 2.7 million for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Texas' new software market law mandates age verification, sparking a constitutional lawsuit from CCIA and student groups

2025-10-20 Per Henrikson

Texas recently passed a new law called the Texas App Store Accountability Act, which immediately triggered a huge legal storm in the technology industry and civil rights fields.