Appeals Court Lets Georgia Enforce Social Media Age Verification Law
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Georgia to enforce its law requiring social media platforms to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent…
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Delivery Robot Makers Coco and Serve Face Illinois Biometric Privacy Suits
Sidewalk delivery robot operators Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics have been hit with proposed class actions in Illinois alleging that their robots captured…
JR Kyushu to Test NEC Face Recognition Ticket Gates at Hakata Station
Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) will test face-recognition ticket gates at Hakata Station in Fukuoka from November, using NEC face recognition technology as…
State Department Awards Paravision ‘Identity Assurance’ Contract Worth Up to $6.5 Million
The U.S. Department of State has awarded face recognition company Paravision a contract titled “Digital Detection/Identity Assurance” that could be worth up to…
DHS Awards Thales $11.2 Million Sole-Source Contract for IDENT and HART Fingerprint Matchers
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Thales DIS USA an $11.2 million contract, without competition, to support the Thales fingerprint and latent…
Dutch Government Upholds Ban on Kyndryl’s Takeover of DigiD Operator Solvinity
The Dutch government has upheld its ban on U.S. IT services company Kyndryl acquiring Solvinity, the Amsterdam company that operates technical infrastructure…
Mexico Decree Requires Social Media and Gaming Platforms to Verify Users’ Ages
Mexico has ordered social networks, video game services, app stores and other online platforms to verify the ages of their users, under a presidential decree…
Kerala High Court Orders UIDAI to Search Aadhaar Fingerprints in 2016 Murder Case
The Kerala High Court has directed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to compare fingerprints from a 2016 double murder scene with Aadhaar…
Appeals Court Says Florida’s Teen Social Media Age Limits Are Likely Constitutional
A federal appeals court has ruled that Florida’s law restricting minors’ access to social media is likely constitutional, reversing a preliminary injunction…
Socure Reports $42.7 Million in Q3 Bookings as Customer Count Doubles
Socure recorded $42.7 million in new bookings in the third quarter of 2026 and doubled its customer count to more than 6,000, according to results released by…