by AVPA | Apr 24, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The Parents Over Platforms Act was named backwards. It claims to put parents in control. The irony is that the platforms this proposed US Federal bill targets need do almost nothing new to comply with it, leaving parents no better off than today — while the Big Tech...
by AVPA | Apr 24, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The European Union’s age verification ‘app’ (aka ‘blueprint’) is beginning to attract attention, and with that scrutiny has come a degree of confusion about what it is, what it does and how it fits into the wider age assurance ecosystem....
by AVPA | Apr 22, 2026 | Thought Leadership
AI needs more than Age Inference to protect kids. Every major AI assistant available to the public today primarily relies on inference and self-attestation to assess whether a user might be a minor (and this is also the initial strategy being adopted by most social...
by AVPA | Apr 21, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The Age Verification Providers Association has produced a report, based on discussions with its members, examining the key lessons learned from the large-scale implementation of “Reasonable Steps” to prevent users under 16 from having social media accounts in...
by AVPA | Apr 13, 2026 | Thought Leadership
We spoke to Tom Swarbrick of LBC about the UK government’s proposals for digital ID. Tom Swarbrick: I’m at a loss to understand what this is for, this digital ID. What is it designed to do? In effect, what this will turn into is an app that links you to various...
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...
