UK Regulators Demand Stricter Age Verification
U.K. regulators Ofcom and the Information Commissioner's Office wrote Thursday to YouTube, TikTok, Meta, Instagram, and Snapchat, demanding stronger age verification and child-safety measures and asking platforms to report by April 30. They urged adoption of facial age estimation, digital ID or one-time photo matching, and measures to block stranger contact, safer teen content, and an end to product testing on children. The move follows lawmakers rejecting an under-16 social media ban and coincides with wider European scrutiny.
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Strong official regulatory action with clear deadlines and industry impact; limited novelty since policy debate and technical prescriptions already underway.
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- Read OriginalSocial media giants urged to tighten child safety after UK rejects blanket ban for teenscnbc.com
- Read OriginalU-16s social media ban Protecting kids online shouldn’t mean killing privacythejournal.ie
