The Public Prosecution Service (OM), the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), and the police have completed their pilot with genealogical DNA databases. The result is a completely new investigative tool for the Netherlands for serious criminal cases. In two of the six selected cold cases, the pilot yielded useful leads. The method compares DNA profiles from […]
Meta must pay 567 million dollars (€492 million) because a judge ruled that Facebook and Instagram harmed the mental health of children. The judge in New Mexico even labeled Meta’s impact as a ‘public nuisance’, comparable to the societal consequences of air pollution. Meta must implement stricter age verification, remove accounts of children under 13, […]
Biometric verification has become a standard component of digital services, with organisations such as Google and Meta offering login via selfie or video verification. At the same time, rapid AI developments and increasingly realistic deepfakes are making the imitation of faces, voices, and videos significantly easier. The next generation of digital identity is therefore no […]