Age Assurance Data Access Study

UK — Government (GOV.UK) · 2026-03-26 · UK · verified record

Themes: Child safety & minors · Online platforms · Search services

Ecosystems: UK Online Safety Act

Age Assurance Data Access Study Published 26 March 2026 Executive summary This report presents findings from an exploratory study on data gaps affecting age assurance (AA) tools and potential solutions to improve their effectiveness. The primacy of issues related to training and testing data access led the study to concentrate on statistical age estimation (AE). The focus was further narrowed to facial age estimation (FAE) due to its status as the most widely adopted statistical AE method and the one with the clearest evidence base of data-related performance gaps. The findings are based on a

Age Assurance Data Access Study Published 26 March 2026 Executive summary This report presents findings from an exploratory study on data gaps affecting age assurance (AA) tools and potential solutions to improve their effectiveness. The primacy of issues related to training and testing data access led the study to concentrate on statistical age estimation (AE). The focus was further narrowed to facial age estimation (FAE) due to its status as the most widely adopted statistical AE method and the one with the clearest evidence base of data-related performance gaps. The findings are based on a …

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