If you have a technology solution that can be used to address child Internet safety you should check out the call for review entries the Berkman Center announced last week to present to the Technical Advisory Board Committee, which is a sub-committee of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force. The Technical Advisory Board members […]
One of the great things about CardSpace and the work the Information Card Foundation will be doing is developing how managed cards are going to work in commerce. A good use case is to show an age verified card for situations where you only need to show proof of age — thus limiting the […]
As an identity and age verification provider IDology continually monitors the market to stay up to date on the issues surrounding online identity and age verification. Today I thought I would share with you what we have recently compiled for age verification. This (very long) post presents age verification by industry and country […]
Zach Martin, editor of CR80 News recently published an article about the identity and age verification issues we are facing in social networks. You definitely should check it out but in case you don’t have time here are some important highlights:
When trying to get into a bar or club there is typically someone at […]
We had the kick-off meeting for the Internet Safety Technical Task Force this week. As I expected, there are a lot of differing opinions of the committee members. It should be an interesting year to watch how things progress.
I believe the key to progress is being able to listen and keeping an open mind. Which […]
It’s official! The Task Force to focus on identifying effective online safety tools and technologies, including age and identity verification has been created and was announced today. If you recall, this Task Force was an important element in the MySpace and Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group announced last month.
The Task Force is being led […]
Today’s press release out of North Carolina Attorney General’s Office Roy Cooper is a big deal. Here’s the first paragraph:
In a victory for social networking safety, Attorney General Roy Cooper and 49 other attorneys general today announced that MySpace has agreed to significant steps to better protect children on its web site, including creating […]
Come January 20, the Aussie’s will be following new government mandates for Internet content which require age verification for mature and adult-oriented material.
Admittedly I’m not completely up to speed on the issues in Australia but this article says that:
“Australia has long carried a reputation for having one of the most restrictive censorship protocols in the […]
I’m sure by now you’ve seen the news that the co-founder of MySpace has been caught faking his age on his MySpace profile. Quite ironic given the age verification issues social networks are facing these days. But now seems as good a time as any to say that age and identity verification doesn’t […]
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the Attorneys Generals of all 50 States have joined forces to pressure social networking sites to require greater parental controls and age verification tools so that minors can’t access the sites so easily.
Here’s what Blumenthal had to say:
“These sites say they want to cooperate, but they have resisted […]
