by AVPA | Sep 8, 2025 | Thought Leadership
Headlines (BBC, FT, Sky), based on data from Similarweb, have claimed that the use of leading porn sites has been cut by up to 47% in the UK, since the introduction of a comprehensive requirement for “highly effective age assurance”. We believe that these...
by AVPA | Sep 8, 2025 | Thought Leadership
The Age Verification Providers Association has produced a report, based on discussions with our members, about the key lessons learned from the wide-scale implementation of “highly effective age assurance” in the UK on July 25th. The scale of the launch...
by AVPA | Sep 1, 2025 | Thought Leadership
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has published a brief which offers a useful snapshot of how a small group of US teens and parents feel about common age-verification methods. The sample is modest and qualitative by design, so it surfaces concerns rather...
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 | 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...
