Age Verification
The sudden global push for age verification to end online anonymity and drive digital ID uptake
Several US states are taking cues from Europe and tackling what the World Economic Forum calls the “problem” of online anonymity. All under the premise of keeping children safe.
Two more states plan to force websites to check visitors’ ID
Arkansas and Utah join Louisiana.
Utah bill would bring ID-based age verification to online platforms
Calls for platforms to check ID.
Digital ID scanning is now mandatory to purchase tobacco products in Nevada
Another push to digitize ID systems.
Louisiana’s new law requiring age verification on adult websites is driving uptake of digital ID
Downloads have rocketed since the law came into effect in the New Year.
UK retail is flooded with facial recognition, digital ID trials
Rapidly growing.
UK ISP Three is blocking private email service Tutanota
“ISPs must not have the power to decide which online services users can or can not access.”
Republican Senator Mike Lee introduces bills to target online pornography, introduce online age verification
By defining “obscenity” and introducing online age checks.
Texas Republican introduces bill to force platforms to receive ID documents from users
Stripping away privacy and creating more opportunities for data breaches.
Stores in Denmark call for digital ID age verification
More groups pushing for digital ID.
