2026-09-15Ian Fleming
From 1 October 2026, compliance obligations will extend well beyond traditional employees, reaching contractors, agency workers, platform-based workers and complex supply chains.
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2026-09-14Ian Fleming
The consensus appeared to settle on age assurance that can sort users to certain age groups while protecting personal information disclosure. The CICC will now examine privacy safeguards for an online age verification system for social media and gaming platforms, and the TWG will look to create directives against online child grooming and fraud.
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2026-09-10Ian Fleming
The device scanning legislation will block all nudity across all UK smartphones and tablets by default, with the option to “opt out” by verifying age by showing ID.
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2026-09-08Ian Fleming
Macron urges EU-wide social media age law as Brussels weighs a common framework for age assurance and online child safety.
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2026-09-03Per Henrikson
The latest update to the guidance page indicates that certified digital verification service (DVS) providers will have access to only derived credentials.
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2026-08-31Ian Fleming
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.
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2026-08-31Per Henrikson
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.
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2026-08-27Per Henrikson
The platform will allow more citizens to open bank accounts and access online banking products and services, without having to visit a physical branch.
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2026-08-25Per Henrikson
New telecom rules retain mandatory biometric verification but abandon a proposed cross-operator biometric database after privacy concerns.
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