2025-08-04Per Henrikson
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published Revision 4 of its Digital Identity Guidelines (SP 800-63), the first full update since 2017 to the foundational framework for federal identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) systems.
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2025-08-03Per Henrikson
From Friday, July 25, mandatory age verification requirements became the latest implementation of the 2023 Online Safety Act – a move already amassing strong criticism, with over 420,000 Brits calling to repeal the Act.
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2025-07-31Ian Fleming
Britain's media regulator on Thursday launched investigations into the compliance of four companies, which collectively run 34 pornography sites, following the country's new age-check requirement rules coming into force.
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2025-07-23Ian Fleming
Since 2019, the clearest acceleration of legislative action on deepfakes happened in 2024. Eighty-two percent of the bills enacted since 2019 were enacted in 2024 or 2025. As of July 10, state lawmakers had adopted 64 laws related to deepfakes this year, up from the 52 laws enacted as of the same date in 2024.
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2025-07-23Ian Fleming
Building upon the July 15th Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy, and with over 200 responses from industry and other stakeholders, the update outlines a series of changes designed to close loopholes, clarify requirements, and sharpen the focus of customer due diligence on higher-risk activity.
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2025-07-23Per Henrikson
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.
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2025-07-22Ian Fleming
New rules support a range of documents, including photo IDs, licences and qualifications and allow digital credentials to be presented online.
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