by AVPA | Jun 10, 2026 | News Release
On 10th June, the BBC’s Dharshini David interviewed Australian communications minister, Annika Wells on Radio 4’s Today Programme. Listen in full below: The Minister argued that resistance from major technology companies was entirely predictable. If...
by AVPA | Jun 7, 2026 | Thought Leadership
Opponents of age verification have long reached for a familiar argument: that checking someone’s age before they access online content is really an identity check in disguise. The claim is that platforms will inevitably end up knowing who you are, that anonymity...
by AVPA | Jun 2, 2026 | Thought Leadership
Proposed amendments to California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (DAAA) to remove open source operating systems from its scope are welcome. The original drafting inadvertently captured a range of open source projects that have little practical ability to implement...
by AVPA | Jun 1, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The Spanish Data Protection Authority, the AEPD, has recently issued a decision that, if upheld on appeal and followed by other EU data protection authorities, would have profound consequences for the security of digital identity technology across Europe and for the...
by AVPA | May 25, 2026 | Consultation Response
The Age Verification Providers Association has submitted a response to the government’s national consultation, ‘Growing Up in the Online World’, which will inform legislation expected to set new requirements for social media platforms, AI chatbots...
