Around the world, regulators are introducing online safety and age checking laws to protect minors online. But some people believe that age assurance can’t be done without risking our privacy.
In reality, the challenge of checking someone’s age online in a privacy-preserving way has been solved.
In this paper, we address some of the common concerns around age assurance.
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December 19, 2025
As we close out 2025, we’ve been reflecting on a year that marked a clear shift for the age and identity industry. This was the year digital IDs moved further into everyday use. The year age regulation accelerated globally. The year trust proved to be a true differentiator, and one we’ve worked hard to build and maintain. Behind the scenes for Yoti, it was also a year of significant progress, including reaching profitability and expanding our role in the identity ecosystem. Here’s our look back on the moments and learnings that shaped our 2025. Digital IDs moved closer
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December 18, 2025
Over recent months, there’s been growing buzz in the industry about privacy-preserving ways to prove age online. Device-bound age tokens, passkey-binding and cryptographic signals that confirm someone is “over 18” without sharing any identity details are increasingly being discussed as if they’re brand new ideas. It’s great to see this conversation picking up. The online world needs ways for people to prove their age in seconds, with minimal data and maximum privacy. But it’s worth adding a bit of context. Yoti age tokens have been around since 2019 We introduced Yoti age tokens back in 2019. These are
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December 3, 2025
We’ve been talking to a number of media outlets ahead of Australia’s upcoming social media ban for under 16’s – set to kick in on 10th December – and thought it was worth sharing our insights more widely. After all, there’s plenty of speculation about what will actually happen: Will systems cope? Will there be issues accessing sites? Will everything grind to a halt? After supporting a number of countries across the world as they’ve rolled out age assurance measures (including the UK Online Safety Act’s launch in July this year), we can say with confidence that the infrastructure
