We have written to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee following their hearing on social media age restrictions on March 11th to inform them about the technical capabilities of age assurance technologies.
We highlight the challenges of specific age verification for users under 18 who typically have fewer authoritative age data sources than adults, and seek their support in securing better “one-way blind” access to government-held data e.g. health, education, benefits to confirm users’ ages against their own official data.