How Yubo pioneered 100% user age estimation to drive safety and trust among Gen Z

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“Our team is grateful for the opportunity to work with partners like Yoti to continually break ground in online safety innovation and provide young people with the level of safety they are entitled to online.”

Sacha Lazimi
Yubo co-founder and CEO

Yubo is a live social discovery platform that allows Gen Z to make new friends and hang out online with people from all over the world through group livestreaming, messaging, and an intuitive swipe feature. Founded in France in 2015, Yubo has been downloaded by over 80 million users and is used across more than 140 countries.

We helped them:

  • Become the first social app in the world to age-verify 100% of its users
  • Effectively enforce age gates to group users based on age, to enhance their experiences on the app

 

Solution: Facial age estimation
Industry: Social media

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