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Estonia to become first country to issue ID codes to AI agents

2026-06-21 Per Henrikson

Australian “Lab” Reveals The Folly Of App Store Age Verification

2026-06-21 Ian Fleming

Discord begins testing age verification with Google Wallet and credit cards, but face scans are still on the table

2026-06-20 Ian Fleming

World Bank backs digital wallets as foundation for user-centric digital identity

2026-06-19 Ian Fleming

Identification for Development policy note argues wallets and verifiable credentials should become core infrastructure for next-generation DPI.

Estonia plans government IDs giving AI agents rights and responsibilities

2026-06-18 Ian Fleming

Estonia is already a leader in the use of digital identities for humans. Estonians can use their national digital ID cards for voting, signing documents, accessing medical and tax records.

Roblox launches age-based Kids and Select accounts globally, expands parental controls

2026-06-18 Per Henrikson

Roblox Kids accounts carry the strictest standard settings, including disabled chat by default, while Roblox Select accounts grant older kids and younger teens access to slightly more mature content with chat settings that gradually unlock. Standard Roblox accounts, intended for users 16 and older, require an age check through ID verification or facial age estimation.

Sweden To Introduce Digital ID December 1 2026

2026-06-18 Per Henrikson

The legislation, proposed by the government, introduces a ‘high-assurance’ state e-legitimation, as a voluntary complement to physical identification, that will allow citizens and residents to identify themselves online, share personal data, and provide electronic signatures.

The Shift to Digital Credentials Accelerates: OneSpan Launches Early Access at Identiverse 2026

2026-06-15 Per Henrikson

OneSpan has opened early access to a digital credentials service built around the digital wallets people carry on their phones, letting organizations issue, manage, and verify identities held in those wallets through a single integration.

DRC Launches RDC-PASS, a National Digital ID System

2026-06-14 Ian Fleming

While authorities see digital identity as a cornerstone of the country’s digital transformation, questions remain over data sovereignty and the role of a foreign company managing the system.

EUDI Wallet 2026: Deadline, Rollout and Lessons

2026-06-13 Ian Fleming

EUDI wallet 2026 at EIC: December deadline, German sandbox, 80M-user rollout path and relying-party lessons behind eIDAS 2.0.

Bangladesh positions digital ID and wallets as economic infrastructure

2026-06-12 Ian Fleming

The strategy aims to link identity, payments and government services through a unified digital framework designed to broaden economic participation.

Cameroon expands education digitalization with student digital ID program

2026-06-11 Ian Fleming

The initiative builds on a 2024 program to assign unique IDs to secondary school students and forms part of a broader effort to digitize education management.