UK Allows Certified Digital Proof of Age for Alcohol Sales
Licensed businesses in England and Wales can now accept certified digital proof of age when selling alcohol, giving customers a phone-based alternative to a…
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Ireland Opens First Online Safety Code Investigation Into X
Ireland’s media regulator has opened its first formal investigation under the country’s Online Safety Code, examining whether X has effective age-assurance…
UK Commits to Device-Level Child Protections With Adult Age Checks
The UK government will introduce legislation requiring major technology platforms to build child-safety protections into smartphones and tablets, including age…
Windows 11 Will Hand Apps an Age Bracket Instead of a Birthday
Microsoft has documented a set of Windows 11 APIs that will tell a registered application which age bracket the signed-in user falls into, and whether that age…
ID Tech Digest – August 31, 2026
Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Australia Will…
ID Tech Digest – August 28, 2026
Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Researchers…
ID Tech Digest – August 27, 2026
Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Project Lifesaver…
Meta Settlement Puts Age Assurance and Under-13 Removal Under an Independent Auditor
Meta must run what California calls robust age assurance to detect users under 18, identify and remove children under 13, and open those practices to an…
ID Tech Digest – August 25, 2026
Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: BC Appeal Court…
Singapore to Require Robust Age Checks on Social Media Platforms
Singapore will require social media platforms to run robust and reliable age checks rather than accept a user’s word, and has told them that platforms whose…