Statement: Age Assurance and Children’s Access

UK — Ofcom · 2025-01-16 · UK · verified record

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

Ecosystems: UK Online Safety Act

Today we are publishing our Age Assurance and Children’s Access Statement, marking the first step in our Protection of Children work. These decisions on age assurance and children's access assessments mark a major milestone, kick-starting the process for user-to-user and search services (Part 3 services) to conduct their children's access assessment, while platforms that publish their own pornographic content (Part 5 services) must take steps immediately to introduce robust age checks that meet our guidance. Our statement sets out our decisions on highly effective age assurance for platforms t

Today we are publishing our Age Assurance and Children’s Access Statement, marking the first step in our Protection of Children work. These decisions on age assurance and children's access assessments mark a major milestone, kick-starting the process for user-to-user and search services (Part 3 services) to conduct their children's access assessment, while platforms that publish their own pornographic content (Part 5 services) must take steps immediately to introduce robust age checks that meet our guidance. Our statement sets out our decisions on highly effective age assurance for platforms t…

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