Publications
An open letter to the Prime Minister from teachers, charities and Baroness Benjamin
Women's organisations, headteachers, children's charities and parliamentarians have joined Baroness Floella Benjamin in writing to the Prime Minister, calling on him to implement urgently Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act as an interim measure to help protect women...
Why the Digital Economy Act Part 3 still merits consideration
A new judicial review has been launched by individuals personally affected by the decision in October 2019 to abandon Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act which would have introduced age verification to access adult content on websites wherever they were based globally...
Should we use a digital identity trust framework for age assurance?
Last week, the UK government published its Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework. You have to read no further than the second paragraph of Minister Matt Warman’s introduction before appreciating that this document is highly relevant to age verification. ...
Predictions for 2021
Looking forward to 2021, it is certainly going to be a pivotal year for the age verification sector. I thought I would take this opportunity to look into a crystal ball and sketch out how the year may play out. And, of course, thanks to the indelibility of the...
Convergence cubed
Say the word “convergence” to art-lovers and they’ll think of Jackson Pollock. In 2015, it was a horror film set in a haunted hospital. In Mexico, it’s a political party. But in the world of tech, it’s about how multiple strands of functionality are combined. ...