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Meta’s Legal Battle Over Youth Privacy Rages On

The ongoing legal skirmish between Meta Platforms Inc. and a coalition of more than 30 state attorneys general has reignited concerns over the protection of minors online. The lawsuit alleges that Meta deliberately enticed children to use Instagram and Facebook, leveraging addictive features and thereby harming their mental well-being. Moreover, Meta is accused of breaching federal children’s privacy laws by not obtaining parental consent for users under 13.

Meta, the case argues, ineffectively used age-gating methods to deter underage users, while evidence suggests many under-13 users were still accessing the platforms. The prosecutors propose that Meta could have implemented alternative age-verification methods, like requiring student IDs during sign-up, to prevent this issue.
Amid growing pressures for platforms to safeguard young users from damaging content, the debate over the effectiveness and privacy implications of age-verification technologies, including biometric methods, has intensified. Tech and civil liberties groups have raised concerns about the invasive nature of these technologies and potential breaches of First Amendment rights, leading to a series of legal challenges across the United States.
While the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) does not mandate platforms to verify users’ ages, it does require parental consent for data collection from users under 13 if the platforms have actual knowledge of their presence. The attorneys general contend that Meta, while publicly claiming to disallow users under 13, in practice, often failed to enforce this policy, thus ignoring its responsibility to secure parental consent.

The recent actions against Meta sidestep legislative processes and place the onus on federal courts to address this modern dilemma. Critics worry about the privacy risks associated with gathering more intrusive forms of identification, such as student IDs, and the storage and usage of biometric data.
As the Federal Trade Commission mulls over allowing age-estimation tools under COPPA, the outcome of Meta’s lawsuit could set a precedent, forcing the hand of social media giants to enhance their age-gating measures or to adopt verifiable parental consent mechanisms. This shift has already begun to take shape, with Instagram piloting new age-verification methods.

This pivotal case, though centered on Meta, signals a warning to all digital platforms: the landscape of online child protection is evolving, and any service catering to potentially underage users must rigorously evaluate its age-verification procedures to stay ahead of the curve and legal scrutiny.

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BCAMS Magazine, the 34th issue

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Go.cam Strengthens Defenses Against Video-Based Spoofing

Video spoofing is increasingly undermining digital age verification, with fraudsters using pre-recorded clips to bypass security checks. As regulators demand stronger compliance, providers are stepping up their defenses.

Go.cam introduced new measures designed to identify and block spoofed attempts more effectively. The platform leverages:
• Fraud detection mechanisms that spot manipulated videos.
• AI-powered liveness verification to counter evolving tactics.
• Continuous updates that maintain compliance with global standards.

“By staying ahead of spoofing threats, we’re not just protecting platforms, we are safeguarding the confidence of every user who relies on us,” says Marco Forastieri, Marketing Director of Go.cam.

About Go.cam
Go.cam is a leader in secure age verification technology, empowering businesses with reliable, compliant, and user-friendly solutions. By combining cutting-edge AI with industry expertise, Go.cam delivers peace of mind to organizations and their users worldwide.

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One line of code: The easiest way to integrate Go.cam

At Go.cam, we’ve always believed that age verification shouldn’t just be accurate, private, and compliant, it should also be effortless to integrate. Today, we’re taking a big step forward in that mission: implementing Go.cam will soon require just one single line of code.

Why This Matters
Integrating age verification often meant downloading SDKs, navigating documentation, and sometimes custom integrations. Developers told us they loved the transparency of our open-source approach, but they wanted something even faster, a solution that can be live in minutes, not hours.

Automatic Implementation
Integration is now as easy as dropping a single JavaScript snippet into your site. Go.cam takes care of the rest automatically:

· Blurs the website’s adult content
· Camera access management
· Real-time AI-powered facial age estimation
· Instant verification results

Partners will also be able to change the design so it fits their site’s colors and branding and manage the settings for each domain without editing the code again.

For those who want even more control, a “controlled implementation” option is also available. This allows you to manually adjust settings and trigger custom actions, without downloading anything or running code on your own servers everything runs securely in the browser.

Compliance Without the Complexity
By removing complexity, we’re making privacy-first and AI-powered age verification accessible to everyone — from startups to global platforms. This one-line integration isn’t just a technical update; it’s our way of keeping Go.cam as the easiest, fastest, and most reliable solution on the market.