AI needs more than Age Inference to protect kids. Every major AI assistant available to the public today primarily relies on inference and self-attestation to assess whether a user might be a minor (and this is also the initial strategy being adopted by most social...
The Age Verification Providers Association has produced a report, based on discussions with its members, examining the key lessons learned from the large-scale implementation of “Reasonable Steps” to prevent users under 16 from having social media accounts in...
We spoke to Tom Swarbrick of LBC about the UK government’s proposals for digital ID. Tom Swarbrick: I’m at a loss to understand what this is for, this digital ID. What is it designed to do? In effect, what this will turn into is an app that links you to various...
A recent letter to the Federal Trade Commission from Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Fairplay raises a number of concerns about its COPPA Enforcement Policy Statement on age assurance. It is a thoughtful...
We set out below a short response to the main arguments put forward in a “Joint statement of security and privacy scientists and researchers on Age Assurance” signed by over 400 academics. We welcome this new level of interest in the field but their letter raises...
We have submitted a letter to the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce in response to a letter submitted by Americans for Prosperity, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the Software & Information Industry Association. Loading... Taking...
