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Oct 17, 2025
Royal Voluntary Service partners with Yoti to verify volunteers and create trusted communities
The Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) has launched GoVo, a free-to-use digital volunteering platform, which aims to revolutionise the recruitment of volunteers to opportunities from UK charities by bringing volunteering opportunities from charities across the UK into one easy place. It is designed to make it easier than ever to get involved in volunteering and give back. We’ve partnered with RVS to help them create trusted communities within the GoVo platform. Many volunteering opportunities can involve working with the vulnerable, the young, the elderly, or otherwise in-need communities. A vital aspect of this is safeguarding both volunteers and those beneficiaries
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Oct 15, 2025
The rising challenge of detecting deepfakes
Artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way in just a few years. What started as a tool for automating routine tasks and processing data more efficiently has now become integrated into nearly every industry. It seems as though it’s everywhere we look right now. One of the most controversial, and perhaps concerning, developments in AI is the rise of deepfakes. In simple terms, deepfakes are incredibly realistic synthetic media, such audio, video or images, generated by AI. These digital forgeries have become so convincing that telling real from fake is becoming a serious challenge. We look into how
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Oct 08, 2025
Luciditi join Yoti, Post Office and Lloyds Bank to grow the UK’s network of interoperable digital ID wallets
British reusable digital identity providers, Yoti and Luciditi, today announce that they are working together to further grow the UK network of interoperable digital ID wallets available to businesses needing to verify customers’ ages, both online and in person. This 7 million strong UK network now includes Yoti, Post Office EasyID, Lloyds Bank Smart ID, and Luciditi meeting the demand for secure, efficient and trusted digital ID wallets for the UK market. All four Digital ID wallets are certified to the UK Government’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework. Individuals create and manage their reusable Digital ID on their
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Sep 25, 2025
Thoughts from our CEO
In this blog series, our CEO Robin Tombs will be sharing his experience, whilst focusing on major themes, news and issues in the world of identity verification and age assurance. This month, Robin talks about Yoti’s performance in Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial, New York’s SAFE for Kids Act and public perceptions of the Online Safety Act. Yoti’s facial age estimation technology achieves independent validation and success Yoti has waited a long time to see independent, high-profile and well-funded technology trials of our facial age estimation technology. We’re delighted to read the results which have just been published in
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Sep 19, 2025
Digital IDs are already here and working
The conversation around digital IDs in the UK is gaining pace. The government is exploring the introduction of a mandatory national digital ID, with some even pushing for physical national ID cards. The upcoming GOV.UK Wallet app will enable over 40 million drivers and over 50 million passport holders to store government-issued credentials. Whilst this is generating debate, it’s important to recognise that the UK already has a secure, privacy-focused digital ID system in place. This is with the Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework, known also as DIATF. This framework isn’t a competing model to the government’s digital
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Sep 16, 2025
Freshers' Survival Guide: Why you'll want Yoti on campus
Going to university is one of the most exciting times in your life. However, we know there’s a lot to juggle with adjusting to a new environment, meeting new people, managing your workload and discovering the freedom of living away from home. Thankfully, we’ve got the technology to help make your transition to university life smoother. We’ll walk you through how the Yoti Digital ID app can help you with everything from proving your identity for part-time jobs to getting discounts and even future-proofing your social life. Here’s how Yoti can help you out. What is a Yoti