by AVPA | Aug 30, 2025 | Thought Leadership
The UK’s Online Safety Act (“OSA”) 2023 has faced criticism from some quarters, with detractors labeling it an instrument of censorship that stifles online expression. This narrative completely misrepresents the Act’s purpose and effect. Far...
by AVPA | Aug 9, 2025 | Thought Leadership
VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) route a user’s internet traffic through an encrypted tunnel to a server in another location. They protect privacy, secure public Wi-Fi connections and, for many businesses, are essential to remote working. They also allow a user to...
by AVPA | Jun 23, 2025 | Thought Leadership
On the face of it, the publication of preliminary findings by the Age Assurance Technology Trial, commissioned by the Australian Government, was good news for the Age Verification industry. The headline conclusion, that “age assurance can be done” in the Australian...
by AVPA | May 22, 2025 | Thought Leadership
In her recent piece for the R Street Institute, Shoshana Weissmann argues that laws requiring online age verification are unworkable because “most children don’t have IDs” and “age-estimation technology errs by years.” These criticisms paint an outdated and overly...
by AVPA | Apr 8, 2025 | Thought Leadership
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by AVPA | Mar 4, 2025 | Thought Leadership
There has been growing debate over whether app stores should take on the responsibility of age verification. Some tech companies, including Meta and Snap, have suggested that app stores should enforce these age restrictions, preventing underage users from downloading...
