How a Bill Banning AI Companions for Kids Could Usher in Widespread ID Checks Online

The Guidelines for User Age-verification and Responsible Dialogue (GUARD) Act would give parents no right to opt out of the ...
CNET

Mustache Mischief: Kids Bypass UK's Digital Age Barriers

It's no secret that the United Kingdom is among the toughest regions when it comes to internet age verification laws. The ...

If You See This X Message—A Hacker Is Attacking Your Account

Do not respond to this “message from X’ — it's an attack, and your social media account could be hacked if you do.
TechCrunch

Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.

At a trendy venue near the San Francisco pier, Sam Altman’s verification project World celebrated its next evolution and rapid expansion of its ambitions. And it’s starting with Tinder. Tools for ...
TechCrunch

Zoom teams up with World to verify humans in meetings

Meeting platform Zoom has announced a partnership with World, Sam Altman’s human ID verification company, to ensure that the people attending meetings are actually human and not AI-generated imposters ...
AOL

Claude is requiring some of its users to verify their identity. Here's Anthropic's explanation.

Claude may soon ask to see your ID. Anthropic recently added "identity verification" to its safeguards, requiring some users to provide a passport, driver's license, or government ID, along with a ...
TechNode

Claude puts up a wall as ID checks complicate access for Chinese users

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up AI tool Claude, developed by Anthropic, suddenly ...
USA Today

iDenfy combines physical and electronic ID verification in a single onboarding flow

The alternative workflow will require pre-saved electronic ID credentials without the need to enter personal details manually or capture physical ID documents United States, April 9, 2026 — iDenfy, a ...
Wired

Europe Gets Serious About Age Verification Online

Back in May, Brussels opened formal proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for suspected violation of the Digital Services Act (DSA). This law updated the legal framework for ...
bianet

Minister says social media platforms agree to mandatory ID verification in Turkey

Justice Minister Akın Gürlek announced today that all social media accounts will require Turkish identification number log-ins, and fake or anonymous accounts will be banned following a three-month ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Ireland Tests Digital ID to Verify Age of Social Media Users

The Irish government launched a test phase of its digital wallet Friday including an age verification capability to keep teenagers safer online. The digital ID will be able to facilitate age ...
Finextra

Approvely embeds Sumsub's digital ID verification

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The partnership embeds Sumsub’s globally scalable identity verification ...