The Washington Post published an in-depth article Wednesday surveying the age assurance industry, including a discussion of its role in the debate around anti-porn age verification legislation in U.S. states and in other countries.
Several tech companies are offering new artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to estimate the age of people accessing websites, taking advantage of potentially lucrative opportunities for enabling compliance with the U.K.’s new Online Safety Act and similar legislation moving forward in the EU and the U.S.
Last February, the adult industry trade group Free Speech Coalition (FSC) released a policy position paper that clearly stressed, from the get-go, a sentiment shared by virtually every single professional in the sector.
Digital identity and biometric technology company Yoti has joined the ranks of adult businesses and organizations committing funds and resources to Pineapple Support.
The state of online age verification today is a fluid landscape, with countless companies affected by a growing range of new regulations and changes in corporate policies that seek to mandate the collection of consumer age and identity information as a prerequisite for accessing age-restricted content over the internet.
