Regulators pitch alternative methods at day 2 of Global Age Assurance Standards Summit

A variety of approaches to age verification were on display during Day 2 of the Global Age Assurance Standards Summit. Presenters representing regulatory bodies from different countries wrestled with questions about what age assurance is, what it is not, and how to balance the digital rights of kids with safeguards designed to keep them away from adult content.

In her keynote, “Towards Global Regulatory Standards for Age Assurance,” children’s digital rights activist Beeban Tania Kidron makes a salient point …

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