Online age verification in the United Kingdom
Online age verification in the United Kingdom was originally proposed in the Digital Economy Act 2017 before being abandoned, then brought in through measures contained in the Online Safety Act 2023. The law requires mandatory age verification for accessing internet pornography as well as other content deemed to be harmful. In 2023, the Online Safety Act both repealed the Digital Economy Act duties, and reintroduced a new duty for adult content to be subject to age checks under a different regulator. Additionally, at the time of its introduction, platforms began to require age verification to distinguish children from adults, in order to remove access to content deemed to be risky. As the privacy standards of the different age check tools are regulated only under data protection law, such as the UK General Data Protection Regulation, campaigners have raised concerns about the trustworthiness and safety of using these tools.
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