Publications
AVPA comments in the US Congress
"Thank you very much. It’s an honour and a privilege to speak here. As I look out at the sunset over the capital, I can hardly believe I’m here—so thank you for this opportunity. I often feel I’m wheeled out in state legislatures more for my accent than my knowledge,...
What’s on our “AV Radar” in 2024
With so much going on in the world of age verification, it is easy to overlook a topic you might wish to keep an eye on. So we maintain this graphical reminder of what we're tracking, in the form of our AVPA Radar.
2024: The year age assurance comes of age.
As we begin the second century in which society has imposed age restrictions to protect children from harm - it was in 1923 that the UK Parliament passed the “Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons under Eighteen) Act” – the AVPA predicts 2024 will be the year we,...
A technical response to Professor Eric Goldman and Dr Adrian Moore
In a widely syndicated article, entitled "The many ways that California’s online age-verification law is unconstitutional", Professor Eric Goldman and Dr Adrian Moore demonstrate that they are either unaware of, or choose to ignore, the state of the art in online age...
Appeals court reinstates Texas AV law for adult content
In a move no-one expected, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal has stepped in an overturned the injunction which stayed the implementation of Texas Bill HB1181, requiring age verification and health warnings for pornography. There is no detail, and a full hearing of the...
Lessons from Texas HB 1811 judgement
The federal district court in Austin, Texas has granted an injunction preventing Texas Bill 1181 coming into force on September 1 2023. The Bill required age verification for online pornography, and the publication of defined health warnings. This judgement provides...
Judgement allowing an injunction to stop Texas law HB1181
This is the full judgement from the federal district court in Austin, Texas which granted an injunction preventing Texas Bill 1181 coming into force on September 1 2023. The Bill required age verification for online pornography, and the publication of defined health...
AV for Porn Sites: Why it Will Work; a response to Barry Collins’ Forbes article
In his article "Age Verification For Porn Sites: Why It Won’t Work", in Forbes, Barry Collins sets out the case the title promises. Here, we respond to a number of his arguments. First, a general point: if we can put a man on the moon, we can prove your age...
Low adoption rates make parental controls a poor substitute for age verification
As the debate about age verification intensifies with several hearings in US federal courts challenging the constitutionality of state laws requiring age assurance for adult content (e.g. , Louisiana, Utah, Texas), using social media (Arkansas), and age-approrpriate...
AVPA advises NIST on testing facial age estimation
The Association submitted feedback to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the USA on their plans to offer testing for facial age estimation. We welcomed the decision to provide test protocols for Age Estimation Technologies, and made the...
US Federal Court dismisses constitutional challenge to Utah’s Law requiring AV for adult websites
Round One in the constitutional fight in the USA on age verification has been won in Utah by those who wish to prevent children being exposed to adult content online. The Judge dismissed the case because the state plays no part in the enforcement of S.B. 287. The...