Discord is rolling out its revised global age-assurance system this week, combining account-based age estimates with additional verification options that include credit cards, app-store age ranges and reusable digital credentials. […]

New Zealand has introduced legislation that would bar under-16s from social media by requiring platforms to check the ages of their users, and it rules out letting a self-declared date […]

The UK Home Office’s planned use of facial age-estimation technology to support initial age decisions for undocumented asylum seekers is facing renewed scrutiny over its accuracy for children and its […]

Roblox is the subject of a securities class action that puts age verification at the center of an investor dispute, alleging the gaming platform misled shareholders about how its age-check […]

A bipartisan bill introduced in the US House would require online sportsbooks and prediction markets to verify users’ ages with facial recognition before they can place a bet or trade, […]

Smart data capture company Scandit has introduced Age Verified Self-Checkout, a system that uses smartphone-based facial age estimation or ID scanning to clear purchases of age-restricted products without a store […]

Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority has opened a public call for contributions on a guide for reliable age verification, setting out the technical methods that technology providers can use to […]

The UK Home Office has published guidance on facial age estimation for immigration age assessments, setting out how the technology could be used to help determine whether an undocumented arrival […]

Sony requires UK and Ireland PlayStation users to verify their age via Yoti facial scan or ID document by June 2026 to keep social and communication features.

Discord has pushed back its planned global age assurance rollout to the second half of 2026 and severed its relationship with identity verification vendor Persona, following a surge of user […]