| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.05.2024 | OnlyFans hits UK regulator’s radar for age-verification failures around porn access | U.K. regulator Ofcom is investigating OnlyFans, an online adult content subscription service, for failing to prevent children from accessing pornography through the platform.
Ofcom, the official regulatory body for the U.K.’s broadcasting, ... |
| 01.05.2024 | Onlyfans: Ofcom launches investigation into underage access to adult site’s content | Media watchdog Ofcom has opened an investigation into whether adult content site Onlyfans is doing enough to prevent children from viewing pornography on its platform in the UK.
Under existing regulations, video-sharing platforms establishe... |
| 02.04.2024 | The Barrier of Entry for Fraud has Never Been Lower | Businesses have gotten better at detecting fraud, but fraud is becoming accessible to more people, a new report has revealed, with emerging technologies ramping up the arms race between threat actors and defences.
Yoti’s Identity Fraud Repo... |
| 26.12.2023 | UK’s Digital Identity Firm Yoti Receives £12.5M in Debt Funding from HSBC and £7.5M in Convertible Debt Funding | Digital identity company Yoti has received £12.5 million debt funding from HSBC, and a further £7.5 million convertible debt funding from existing shareholders.
The £20 million funding will “support the continued growth of the company throu... |
| 23.03.2023 | TikTok CEO says company scans public videos to determine users’ ages | Amid questioning about TikTok’s use of biometrics in today’s Congressional hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew offered some insight into how the company vets potentially underage users on its platform. After denying the app collects body, face... |
| 21.03.2023 | Cohort for FinTech Innovation Challenge ’23 Announced | Now in its second year, the FinTech Innovation Challenge — a collaboration between Digital Isle of Man and Finance Isle of Man, supported by the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority and Deloitte — tasks selected businesses to develop so... |
| 09.03.2023 | Lloyds invests £10 million in digital ID firm Yoti | Lloyds Banking Group has invested £10 million in digital identity company Yoti, marking its second fintech investment of 2023.
Yoti offers a free Digital ID app, which gives individuals a safe way to prove their identity from their phone, w... |
| 09.03.2023 | Lloyds Banking Group invests £10 million in digital identity company Yoti | Investment will be used to develop innovative technology that protects customers' identities and personal data online
Lloyds Banking Group will support Yoti in developing a new, reusable digital identity proposition that will help combat th... |
| 09.03.2023 | Yoti Receives £10M Investment from Lloyds Banking Group | Yoti, a London, UK-based digital identity company, received a £10M investment from Lloyds Banking Group.
The company intends to use the funds to develop its technology that protects customers’ identities and personal data online.
Led by CEO... |
| 09.03.2023 | No Yetis here as Yoti banks £10 million via Lloyds | London-based digital identity platform Yoti has secured £10 million in new funds via Lloyds Banking Group. The new capital will be used to support the continued development of the company’s digital id technologies. Since early 2018 the comp... |
| 02.03.2023 | Instagram starts testing its age verification tools in more countries | Meta announced today that it has started testing its age verification tools on Instagram in more countries, including Canada and Mexico. Last June, the social media app began testing new options for users to verify their age using one of th... |
| 05.12.2022 | Facebook to now test age verification tech on Facebook Dating in the US | Meta is bringing its age verification technologies to another of its products, Facebook Dating. Though the service has not taken off as a significant Tinder rival, it will now serve as the testing grounds for further experimentation with ne... |
| 09.11.2022 | Sterling Partners with Yoti to Launch an Exclusive Portable Digital Identity Solution Internationally | Sterling and Yoti will integrate unique digital identity verification workflow into the hiring process throughout EMEA and APAC
The move will strengthen pre-employment checks for companies worldwide
The two companies will also introduce sec... |
| 08.11.2022 | Instagram rolls out AI age verification tool for UK/EU | Instagram users in the UK and EU will now be able to use a new age verification tool on the platform as part of a major safety update to protect children.
Users who attempt to change their date of birth from under the age of 18 to above 18 ... |
| 22.09.2022 | Introducing: the 13 companies joining Future Fifty 11.0 | We are delighted to announce 13 new companies selected to join its eleventh Future Fifty programme for late-stage tech companies.
The latest companies to join the programme are going from strength to strength in what has been a record brea... |
| 21.09.2022 | Yubo’s Age Verification System Sets the Standard for the Industry by Verifying 100% of Users | David Thompson, Tech Times 21 September 2022, 05:09 pm
(Photo : Yubo)
Yubo, a Gen Z-focused live social discovery platform, has added a new age verification process to its host of safety features to make the app as safe a place as possible.... |
| 14.09.2022 | Yubo is about to verify the age of all its users using facial age estimation | French startup Yubo is particularly popular with young people under 25 who want to meet new people, play games together and hang out together in video chat rooms. The company has managed to attract 60 million users, which means that the sta... |
| 27.06.2022 | Instagram's Age Verification Tool: Is It Accurate? Here's What Tests Claim | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 27 June 2022, 09:06 pm
Instagram has a massive focus on its age verification tool. It is one of the top AI features that users will experience with the application, as it will determine if their experience would b... |
| 26.06.2022 | Instagram is testing out a trial in which it scans users' faces for proof they are over 18 years old | Instagram said it's trying out new ways to verify users' ages, including scanning their faces.
Alternatively, users can also have three friends vouch for their age or upload images of their IDs.
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Instagram is testing out new wa... |
| 25.06.2022 | This Week in Apps: Twitter Notes, Instagram age verification, Spotify’s Live Events | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 24.06.2022 | Instagram to use video selfies as one method of age verification | Like most social media platforms, Instagram has a minimum age for users -- in this instance, it is 13 years old. But verifying ages online -- particularly for non-adults -- has long proved difficult. Now Instagram thinks it has come up with... |
| 23.06.2022 | Instagram tests new age verification tools, including video selfies | Instagram has been tinkering for years looking for better ways to manage and engage with younger and older users — not just to be more compliant with regulations, but to better target age-appropriate and relevant content and advertising to ... |
| 23.06.2022 | This Instagram's Age Verification Tool Will Allow AI to Verify How Old You Are, and You Can't Deny It | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 23 June 2022, 12:06 pm
Instagram's age verification tool will now analyze users' age through artificial intelligence. This has sparked some debate between Meta and lawmakers since some users just pretend to be older... |
| 23.06.2022 | Instagram tests new AI tool that verifies age by face scanning | Moumita Deb Choudhury 23 Jun, 2022
Instagram is testing new techniques including an AI tool for users to verify their age on the platform and is being rolled out in the US first. Instagram has collaborated with Yoti, a firm which specialise... |
| 23.06.2022 | Instagram* тестирует ИИ-инструмент, определяющий возраст пользователя сканированием лица | В социальной сети Instagram начали тестировать новые методы подтверждения возраста пользователей во время регистрации. Созданный компанией Yoti инструмент использует искусственный интеллект для выявления возраста путём сканирования лица.
Пр... |
| 25.05.2022 | Gen Z social app Yubo rolls out age ‘estimating’ technology to better identify minors using its service | Yubo, a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that uses live image capture technology to identify minors using... |
| 23.02.2022 | Yoti finally takes outside investment after £110m bootstrapping run | After bootstrapping itself with some £110m in funding from its multimillionaire serial founders over the last eight years, UK digital identity company Yoti is finally opting to take in some outside investment.
[Yoti is one of a number of fa... |
| 02.02.2022 | Major Supermarket Chains to Use Cameras That Can Guess Age of Alcohol Buyers | Thea Felicity, Tech Times 02 February 2022, 10:02 am
(Photo : @atoms / Unsplash)
Age-verification is becoming handy these days, and this time, major supermarket chains are beginning to see it as an advantage for easier self-checkouts when b... |
| 18.11.2021 | UK names five projects to get funding for CSAM detection | The UK government has named five projects that have scored public funding under a ‘tech safety’ challenged announced in September — when the Home Office said it wanted to encourage the tech industry and academia to develop novel AI/scanning... |
| 03.02.2021 | Pornhub Announces 'Biometric Technology' to Verify Users | In a statement released on Tuesday, Pornhub announced more details on how it plans to address abuse on its platform, including expanding its human moderation team, an upcoming transparency report, and introducing biometric technology to ver... |
| 17.12.2020 | Poland’s GeneMe secures €5.2M seed funding for its rapid COVID-19 test | GeneMe, Poland-based biotechnology company with a COVID-19 test, has secured a €5.2 million round of seed funding led by Robin Tombs, co-founder of Yoti and previously of Gamesys, and other angel investors.
The startup has developed and pat... |
| 25.06.2020 | French startup ubble completes €10 million seed funding round to bolster its online identity verification service | A fledgling French identity verification tech startup that goes by the name of ubble has raised seed funding from Partech and Breega to the total tune of €10 million and scored a partnership with Bpifrance to spur growth. The company intend... |
| 09.12.2019 | 5 Asian Firms Named Top 100 Global Regtech Companies for 2020 | REGTECH100 has released its latest list of the top 100 regtech companies, among which 5 regtechs from Asia.
REGTECH100 is an annual list of 100 of the world’s most innovative regtech companies. The list recognizes the next-generation of sol... |
| 12.08.2019 | Yoti Raises £8M in Equity Funding | Yoti, a London, UK-based digital identity company, raised £8m in equity funding.
Backers included existing private investors, employees and Robin Tombs, Yoti’s Co-Founder and CEO.
This round gave Yoti a post money equity valuation of £82m.
... |
| 05.08.2019 | London-based Yoti secures €8.7M funding: 4 uses of digital identity verification platform | The increasing threat of fraud is making companies turn towards digital identity verification. As the internet operations are growing by the day, the need to securely verify those on the other side is also increasing. It has become a necess... |
| 02.08.2019 | London-based digital identify verification app Yoti raises €8.7 million for expansion | London-based startup Yoti is a free app that lets people prove their identity online and in person. It lets users prove their age and buy age-restricted goods, login securely to websites without having to remember passwords, and sign docume... |
| 02.08.2019 | Digital identity startup Yoti raises additional £8M at a valuation of £82M | Yoti, the London startup offering a digital identity platform and app that lets you prove who you say you are when accessing services or making age-verified purchases, has raised £8 million in additional funding.
Backing the round is unname... |
| 02.08.2019 | Daily funding roundup - August 2nd, 2019 | Dumpling raised $3M: Biome Makers closed $4M; Holloway landed $4.6 ; FNA secured $5.5M
Dumpling: Dumpling helps gig workers to run their own, personal franchises. Dumpling has raised $3 million in seed funding from Floodgate and Fuel Capita... |
| 15.08.2018 | Yoti Selected to Trial Digital Identity Platform | UK-based digital identity platform, Yoti, has been selected by The Improvement Service to provide Scots with a secure digital identity, providing an easier and safer way to access services, rewards and discounts.
Earlier in 2018, Yoti was s... |
| 18.01.2018 | Yoti Raises £8M in Funding | Yoti, a London, UK-based digital identity app, raised £8m in funding.
Backers included existing angel investors and two founders Robin Tombs and Noel Hayden. This round values the company to £65m.
The company intends to use the funds to acc... |
| 23.11.2016 | How will quantum computing impact security processes? | Quantum computers have the potential to perform calculations faster than ever possible before, inviting a significant rethink in how we approach cyber security.
Given the amount of research being ploughed into this area, we are likely to se... |
| - | UK Based Digital Identity Startup Yoti To Set Up Operations In India | Image Credits
UK-headquartered digital identity startup Yoti has announced plans to set up operations in India. As part of the move, it will reportedly partner with the Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI), the External Affairs minist... |
| - | Instagram is testing out a trial in which it scans users' faces for proof they are over 18 years old | Instagram said on Thursday it was turning to a new method to verify users' ages: scanning their faces in videos. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Instagram said it's trying out new ways to verify users' ages, includi... |
| - | Как работает система распознавания лиц и как ее использовать в бизнесе | Автор колонки Константин Харитонов, он представляет компанию Полдень на территории США. 10 лет опыта в киноиндустрии, 15 лет в руководства разработкой программного обеспечения, создал пару стартапов.
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