by AVPA | Mar 19, 2026 | Thought Leadership
A recent letter to the Federal Trade Commission from Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Fairplay raises a number of concerns about its COPPA Enforcement Policy Statement on age assurance. It is a thoughtful...
by AVPA | Mar 3, 2026 | Thought Leadership
We set out below a short response to the main arguments put forward in a “Joint statement of security and privacy scientists and researchers on Age Assurance” signed by over 400 academics. We welcome this new level of interest in the field but their letter raises...
by AVPA | Mar 3, 2026 | Thought Leadership
We have submitted a letter to the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce in response to a letter submitted by Americans for Prosperity, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the Software & Information Industry Association. Loading... Taking...
by AVPA | Feb 3, 2026 | Thought Leadership
Below are summaries of the presentations and panel’s from last week’s FTC workshop. (Please note these have been in part machine-generated, so you are advised to refer to the video of the full proceedings to confirm exactly what was said by any speaker)...
by Rebecca Burgess | Jan 22, 2026 | Thought Leadership
21 May 2024 | DefAI Project blog by George Billinge In recent months, the global conversation has heated up. The Australian government has announced significant funding towards a trial of age verification, as part of a suite of measures to tackle violence against...
by AVPA | Jan 15, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The UK Government is considering it, and their Conservative Party has already announced that it intends to follow Australia’s lead by setting a minimum age of 16 for social media. Critics of the policy claim that it is not working in Australia, but the evidence does...
