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Jul 03, 2020
United for a safer internet with OSTIA
We’re honoured to be one of the founding members of the Online Safety Tech Industry Association (OSTIA), a new UK industry body dedicated to tackling online safety. The group brings together advisory bodies and tech companies in a shared goal of making the internet safer and hopes to provide a voice of hope by offering solutions to address key issues in a complex debate so often focused on what can’t be done. With support from the National Crime Agency, GCHQ, the Home Office, NSPCC, the group will serve as a forum for companies working on potential solutions and create collective
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Jul 02, 2020
Reinforcing our commitment to protecting children from online harms by joining the Point de Contact association
We are delighted to announce we have been accepted into the Point de Contact association to help the fight against abuse and inappropriate online content. Point de Contact was created in 1998 to contribute to the fight against illegal content on the internet and facilitate the reporting of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Point de Contact is also a member of the French Monitoring Committee for protecting children from online pornography and has been supported by successive European Commission programs. Point de Contact is a founding member of INHOPE – the International Association of Internet Hotlines which unites over 40
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Jul 01, 2020
JNCTN and Yoti’s strategic partnership to provide a single verified digital identity and credential management solution
Yoti and New Zealand’s credential management platform JNCTN are excited to officially announce our partnership today. This new partnership will bring consumers a verified credential and digital identity solution for the global market. Wayne Stemp, Founder of JNCTN says “Working together will allow both of us to provide integrated identity and credential management solutions for international clients. We see the partnership as eliminating the risks associated with increased fake identities, allowing businesses to be able to instantly identify and verify staff. This will also give individuals the security needed to protect their identity and credentials from theft.“ This is reinforced
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Jun 29, 2020
Social purpose in a time of crisis
Events over recent weeks have been unprecedented. At Yoti, we have been inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and wholeheartedly support calls for the end of inequality and exclusion wherever it exists and in whatever form it takes. Racial equality is very much an issue of identity, and being a digital identity company the issues at hand are more pertinent to us than for many other companies. As signatories of the Safe Face Pledge, we have made a public commitment addressing harmful bias in artificial intelligence technology and embedded transparency into our business practices. Today, we are releasing a
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Jun 19, 2020
Yoti wins the Business Transformation award in the 2020 DigitalAgenda Impact Awards
We’re delighted to win the Business Transformation Award in the Digital Agenda Impact Awards for being “a genuinely transformative innovation that could affect all of our lives for the better” (their words not ours). There were hundreds of entries for this year’s prestigious awards, which celebrate technological innovations that improve people’s lives and the world around us. Now in their fourth year, the awards are open to any UK-operating business, individual, government or non-profit using digital products or services for positive social impact. Sponsored by HSBC, the Business Transformation award champions companies and projects that help business, government and nonprofits
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Jun 10, 2020
Educating young people about their digital identity with MyMahi
Since day one at Yoti, we have been strong advocates for protecting young people online and helping them understand their digital identity. That’s why we’re excited to announce a new partnership with MyMahi, an online platform that helps young New Zealanders understand the relevance of what they’re learning at school and help them plan ideas for their next steps. The portal is an incredible tool for young people that not only helps them manage their academic learning with timetables, results and daily notifications, but it allows them to discover their true potential by setting goals, self-reflecting and working on their