Regulation
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Oct 17, 2024
Understanding age assurance in the Online Safety Act
The Online Safety Act 2023 is a piece of UK legislation that aims to protect children and adults online. It covers a wide range of issues including minimising the risk of children seeing harmful and age-inappropriate content, removing illegal content like child sexual abuse material (CSAM), criminalising fraudulent and scam ads, and introducing age verification for certain online services. This blog looks at some of the age requirements in the Online Safety Act and what this means for tech companies, adult sites, gaming companies, social media platforms and dating sites. What is the purpose of the Online Safety
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Oct 10, 2024
Welcoming the new Regulatory Innovation Office
This week, the UK Government announced the creation of the new Regulatory Innovation Office – a move we welcome here at Yoti. Bringing new tech to market is often slowed down, or even blocked, due to outdated regulations or a lack of existing bodies to help support and facilitate the introduction of the new technology or co-ordinate its joint recognition. Recognising that this is a barrier to innovation, the Government will introduce the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO). The Regulatory Innovation Office will sit under the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). It aims to help regulators facilitate economic
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Sep 25, 2024
Understanding the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA)
Update: As of 6th January 2025, KOSPA has not been enacted into law in the United States. Despite being passed by the Senate with overwhelming support, the Bill has stalled and is currently inactive. To become law, KOSPA needs to be reintroduced to the new Congress and go through the legislative process again. ***** From the UK’s Online Safety Act to Europe’s Digital Services Act, we’re in an era of increasing online safety regulation. In the US, the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) is a landmark piece of legislation, first introduced in Congress to 2022. KOSPA is
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Sep 20, 2024
34 percent of people choose reusable Digital ID to prove their identity for DBS checks
Since June 2022, Yoti has completed over 1.6 million right to work (RTW) checks and over 930,000 DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) checks. Of those checks: 34% of UK adults choose to use Yoti, Post Office EasyID or Lloyds Bank Smart ID to prove their identity for DBS checks. 23% of UK adults choose to use Yoti, Post Office EasyID or Lloyds Bank Smart ID to complete their RTW checks. Yoti, Post Office EasyID and Lloyds Bank Smart ID are all certified by the UK Digital Identity & Attributes Trust Framework (UK DIATF) as proof of identity for Right
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Sep 02, 2024
Yoti’s key recommendations for the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill
In July 2024, the King’s Speech announced the new Digital Information and Smart Data Bill (DISD). The Bill aims to harness the power of data for economic growth, including setting up a regulatory framework for digital identities in the UK. The specific contents of this Bill are still undisclosed, and so it is unknown at this stage if it will take a different approach to its predecessor, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI). With Parliament reconvening after the summer break, we have shared our suggestions and hopes for what we’d like to see in the new DISD
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Aug 14, 2024
Deepfake laws: Global regulations in the digital age against sexually explicit and criminal use of deepfakes
If someone said the word ‘deepfake’ just a decade ago, nobody would know what they were talking about. The term hadn’t been coined and the technology as we know it hadn’t yet been created. Fast forward to the present day and it seems as though deepfakes are everywhere. However, their explosive and widespread prevalence has highlighted some serious problems such as criminal offence and sexually explicit deepfakes.. In response, regulatory bodies are beginning to pass laws to combat these issues, but they’re competing against the rapid evolution of the technology. This article gives a snapshot of some of
