Legal

Age verification for social media approved in Nebraska

2025-05-15 Ian Fleming

US Senators reintroduce the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act (NO FAKES Act)

2025-05-14 Ian Fleming

France, Greece, Spain and Ireland to push for EU-wide social media age verification

2025-05-13 Per Henrikson

Great Canadian Entertainment faces $151k penalty for age verification failures

2025-05-12 Per Henrikson

Great Canadian Entertainment has been hit with a CA$151,000 penalty in Ontario, Canada for alleged failures in preventing minors from gambling at three Toronto casinos.

Worldcoin halts ID verification amid regulatory concerns in Indonesia, pledges cooperation

2025-05-06 Ian Fleming

Tools for Humanity (TFH), the developer behind Worldcoin, has voluntarily paused its identity verification services in Indonesia following a regulatory freeze by the Ministry of Communication and Digital Application, which has affected both Worldcoin and its World ID product.

New Zealand’s prime minister proposes social media ban for under-16s

2025-05-06 Per Henrikson

The draft bill is modelled on Australian laws and would force digital platforms to verify the age of users or face heavy fines

FTC Finalizes Amendments to COPPA Rule: Key Changes Explained

2025-04-27 Per Henrikson

Updated Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule includes expanded definitions, enhanced notice requirements, new data retention policies, and Safe Harbor trans

Spain seeks to protect minors in the digital environment: key points of the new version of draft law

2025-04-27 Ian Fleming

Children under 16 will not be allowed to register on social media and under 18s will not be allowed to access lootboxes.

Trua has launched cloud-based regulatory compliance tool for financial services

2025-04-27 Ian Fleming

The TruaBroker AI-powered platform streamlines compliance processes for financial institutions and advisors, ensuring they remain audit-ready without the heavy burden of IT involvement.

These U.S. states now accept digital driver’s licenses

2025-04-26 Ian Fleming

More states now allow digital IDs in Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, and Samsung Wallet. See the full list here.

Ofcom’s age verification guidelines published - Identity Week

2025-04-25 Ian Fleming

If big tech companies fail to take accountability, after repeated warnings changes are coming, this could result in substantial fines or, in extreme cases, court orders to block access to services in the UK.

Ofcom finalises rules for tech firms to protect children online

2025-04-24 Ian Fleming

The final version of rules the regulator says will offer children in the UK "transformational new protections" online have been published. Sites will have to change the algorithms that recommend content to young people and introduce beefed-up age checks by 25 July or face big fines.