Legal

US Lawmakers Propose New Federal Agency to Regulate Digital ID Systems

2025-09-10 Per Henrikson

New bill protects physical IDs in New Zealand

2025-09-09 Ian Fleming

BSI Launches Certification Service to Build Trust in Digital Identity Verification Services

2025-09-04 Per Henrikson

Mastodon Can’t Comply with US Age Verification Laws Due to Decentralization

2025-08-30 Ian Fleming

Mastodon, a decentralized social network, has declared it cannot comply with new US state age verification laws due to its federated structure and limited resources.

DIACC sees digital ID mutual recognition opportunity in Canada-EU trade deal talks

2025-08-29 Per Henrikson

A Canada-EU digital trade agreement would compliment the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Brazil Approves Landmark Digital Child Protection Bill - Access Partnership

2025-08-29 Ian Fleming

Brazil’s Senate passes Bill PL 2628/2022, the “ECA Digital,” creating one of the world’s strongest child online protection laws with global impact.

U.S. Treasury Department is proposing integration of identity verification mechanisms into decentralized smart contracts

2025-08-25 Ian Fleming

The initiative, part of the ongoing consultation under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), seeks to evaluate new tools to combat illicit finance in digital asset markets.

Bluesky blocks Mississippi due to its new age verification law

2025-08-23 Ian Fleming

Users with Mississippi IP addresses can no longer access the Bluesky app.

U.S. pushes digital identity as cornerstone of crypto ambitions

2025-08-18 Ian Fleming

The Trump administration is campaigning to make the U.S. crypto capital of the world, placing digital identity at the center of its digital assets strategy.

Zooming in on AI: Tackling deepfakes around the world

2025-08-17 Ian Fleming

Deepfakes (also known as digital replicas) are created when sophisticated AI technology generates or alters audio-visual content to misrepresent someone or something.

Wikipedia May Have To Impose Identity Verification On Readers

2025-08-12 Per Henrikson

The Wikimedia Foundation has lost its legal battle in the U.K to avoid having to verify the identity of its readers. At issue were the provisions of the Online Safety Act, which imposes new rules on the content of online platforms, to be managed by regulator Ofcom.

GTA 6 Age Verification System Unveiled Ahead of Launch

2025-08-10 Ian Fleming

With the harsher crackdown on images of sex and violence in front of young and impressionable players, GTA Online will soon require age verification to access the game.