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AGEify in Africa Tech 2020
AGEify is participating for another year in the annual Africa Tech Festival, held virtually this year from the 9th to 13th November 2020. The event is backed by the biggest names in the technology industry and attracts thousands of visitors,…
AGEify Offer Cellar 2020
AGEify is pleased to announce the release of its new version its age verification application for liquor shops selling alcohol products (off licenses). To celebrate the new realise, AGEify is offering to prospective clients in Greece and Cyprus, the free…
AGEify in TechCrunch Disrupt 2020
AGEify has participated in the recently held in LA first virtual event ‘TechCrunch Disrupt 2020’ from September 14 to September 18. TechCrunch Disrupt is hosted annually in several cities in the USA and Europe, by TechCrunch, an American online publisher…
Underage alcohol in Texas: the effects and the efforts to combat it
Drinking alcohol before the age of 21 can have harmful effects on a child’s health and life. Thus, many countries in the world try to enforce strict laws about age verification in order to eliminate underage use. Alcohol constitutes a…
Survey in UK: Children, 7 and 8 years old-encounter pornography online
According to a survey that conducted from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), it was found that the majority of kids watch pornography on the internet, with a percentage being 7 or 8 years old. The survey concerned 2.344…
JUUL: New measures to eliminate underage use
JUUL labs continues the effort to eliminate and combat the use of vapor products and takes new measures in the United States in order to have better results about this issue. As the Center of Disease Control announced, nicotine in…
Heaton Catering Equipment Company: A 16year old child purchased a knife online.
According to the Criminal Justice Act 1988, which amended by the Offensive Weapons Act 1996, it is illegal to sell knives and anything similar to people who are under 18 years old. However, there are many incidents, where the law…
“Think 21”policy: Bookmakers are going to reinforce the age verification checks in UK
After the UK Gambling regulatory body review, some racing industry officials required to learn more about age verification measures that would help them to reduce minor’s participation in gambling. Based on an incident, where seven sports betting companies had permitted…
A 13 years old boy involved in sexual activities through a gay dating app
Malik Erasmus Aslam, who is 41 years old proceeded to have sex with a boy he met through the dating application Grindr. The young boy said that he was 17 years old and Aslam did not attempt to confirm if…
New legislation in New York: Sales of tobacco products to people over 21 years old
A new legislation about e-cigarettes and vaping products will be implemented in 120 days in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo decided to set the minimum age limit to 21. Specifically, Andrew Cuomo claimed that: “New York is taking aggressive action…
