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FTC Makes It Easier for Online Services to Use Age Verification Technologies, Nerissa Coyle McGinn

2026-03-11 Ian Fleming

Age-Verification Tools Raise Mass Surveillance Concerns

2026-03-09 Ian Fleming

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is studying various age verification methods

2026-03-07 Ian Fleming

New CA Law Requires Age Verification For All Computers – Windows, MacOS, And More

2026-03-07 Per Henrikson

Assembly Bill 1043, also known as the Digital Age Assurance Act. It was signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2025 and goes into effect on January 1, 2027.

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a £14.5 million fine on Reddit Over Weak Age Checks

2026-03-07 Ian Fleming

According to the regulator, the company largely depended on users stating their own age during account creation, without additional safeguards in place where risks to children were present.

LATAM nations ramp up regulations for age-restricted content online

2026-03-05 Per Henrikson

Multiple countries in Latin America are adopting online safety regulations, making the region an area of focus for the next wave of global age assurance laws.

UK has issued a pre-release of the 1.0 publication of its digital verification services (DVS) trust framework

2026-03-03 Ian Fleming

DVS providers can finally display the UK CertifID trust mark, so that “wherever people or businesses see the trust mark displayed, they can be confident that the product or service can be trusted to be secure, meeting the rules set out in the trust framework and subject to oversight by OfDIA.”

Clarity for AML as UK approves digital ID

2026-03-02 Ian Fleming

UK government confirming that certified Digital Verification Services (DVS) can be used to meet statutory identity checks under anti-money laundering rules.

FTC Issues COPPA Policy Statement on Age Verification

2026-02-28 Ian Fleming

Agency officials signaled concern that companies might hesitate to deploy age-verification technologies out of fear that collecting data to determine age could itself trigger COPPA liability. This policy statement directly addresses that tension.

FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users’ ages

2026-02-28 Per Henrikson

The Federal Trade Commission is encouraging companies to adopt age verification technologies by announcing it will not enforce a children's online privacy law against certain websites that collect and use minors' personal data in order to verify their ages.

New UK government guidance confirms that businesses can use certified digital identity services to comply with Money Laundering Regulations

2026-02-27 Per Henrikson

New UK government guidance confirms that businesses can use certified digital identity services to comply with Money Laundering Regulations. This standardised framework aims to improve security and add £701 million annually to the economy.

FTC Issues COPPA Policy Statement to Incentivize the Use of Age Verification Technologies to Protect Children Online

2026-02-25 Ian Fleming

The Commission will not bring an enforcement action under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) against certain website and online service operators that collect, use, and disclose personal information for the sole purpose of determining a user’s age via age verification technologies.