Judge Blocks Texas App Store Age Verification Law as Unconstitutional
(Biometric Update, Dec 24, 2025)
The App Store Accountability Act was set to take effect on January 1 and would have required all users in Texas to verify their age before downloading any mobile app or accessing paid content within apps. It also would have imposed a rigid parental consent regime on minors across nearly the entire app ecosystem.
Implementation of the Biometric CURP in 2026: When Will It Be Required and for What Procedures?
(The Yucatan Times, Dec 23, 2025)
Experts and authorities agree that the measure aims to improve security and reliability in identification, with the intention of reducing fraud, identity theft, and administrative errors, as well as facilitating interoperability between government systems.
LHC Orders Implementation of Biometric Verification System Across Punjab Courts
(Pakistan Today, Dec 23, 2025)
The system will be implemented at the Lahore principal seat as well as the bench offices in Multan, Bahawalpur, and Rawalpindi. All district courts across the province will also adopt the system for verification of litigants, witnesses, and guarantors.
Biometric and Repository Systems: An Age-old Challenge
(Urgent Communications, Dec 23, 2025)
When these public-safety systems function well, they are largely invisible. But when they fail, the consequences can be severe—sometimes even tragic. Families have lost loved ones due to incomplete records and/or inadequate data sharing that wrongly allowed violent offenders back on the street.
Minors Among Worst Offenders in Facial Recognition Trial
(Star News, Dec 24, 2025)
Foodstuffs SI had justified the move into facial recognition in part by pointing to an "escalating level of serious threatening behaviours by repeat offenders in FSSI supermarkets [that] poses a significant risk to the health and safety of staff and customers in-store".
