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The two companies will deliver a breakthrough in portable digital trust by issuing document and biometric identity verification solutions as tamper-proof Verifiable Credentials.
A growing number of global financial institutions are using agentic artificial intelligence (A.I.) to evolve the efficiency of their compliance operations.
Veriff sees an opportunity in issuing a “digital passport” which would not be backed by a specific government scheme but by a user’s data and their “good behavior” online.
The Government Digital Wallet is part of the EU’s plan to offer digital identity to all of its citizens and residents by 2026 under the eIDAS 2.0 regulation.
Telegram adds official age verification bot with facial scan. Data stays on device. First rollout in UK due to legal requirements.
The clampdown appears to have backfired as online searches for VPNs, which can disguise a user's location, spiked by more than 700 per cent on Friday morning
As of July 2025, many Brits are looking for ways to bypass age verification on Reddit in the United Kingdom. The platform’s implementation of age verification is a result of the Online Safety Act enacted on July 25th.
A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday.
Riverside researchers have teamed up with Google on new system, UNITE, that can detect deepfakes even when faces aren't visible.
The law will make New Jersey the 16th state to allow its residents to use digital driver’s licenses in lieu of physical IDs.
Entrust and PlaySafe ID announce new partnership to enhance online gaming safety. Integration of Entrust Identity Verification solution provides seamless and secure Know Your Customer check. PlaySafe ID platform aims to combat cheating, bots and harmful behavior, while supporting compliance with the UK Online Safety Act’s Protection of Children Codes.
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.
