by Rebecca Burgess | Jun 15, 2026 | News Release
PRESS RELEASE AVPA Response to Prime Minister’s Announcement on Social Media The Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) confirms that the age assurance requirements needed to support a minimum age of 16 for social media are technically achievable using...
by AVPA | Jun 10, 2026 | News Release
On 10th June, the BBC’s Dharshini David interviewed Australian communications minister, Annika Wells on Radio 4’s Today Programme. Listen in full below: The Minister argued that resistance from major technology companies was entirely predictable. If...
by AVPA | Apr 28, 2026 | News Release
The AVPA, the global trade association representing 35 providers of age assurance technology, has written to the UK Competition & Markets Authority, concerned by government plans documented in its consultation on digital ID to move into the private sector market,...
by AVPA | Apr 21, 2026 | News Release
Melbourne 22 April 2026 – The Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA), the global trade body for providers of age assurance technology, has today published a new report on the early implementation of Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age regime, concluding that...
by AVPA | Sep 1, 2025 | News Release
London, 31 August 2025 – The Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA), the global trade association for suppliers of age assurance technology, welcomes the publication of the Australian Government’s Age Assurance Technology Trial final report, conducted by...
by AVPA | Jun 27, 2025 | News Release
The Age Verification Providers Association, the global trade association for suppliers of age assurance technology, welcomed the judgement of the US Supreme Court permitting age verification as a constitutional means of protecting children from exposure to adult...
