Age assurance is applied equally to everyone, so the technology itself has no disproportionate effect on any particular group. The question of what content or functionality is age-restricted is for democratically elected politicians, but one note of caution is the...
Many such critical business services, such as Mastercard and Visa, have previously indicated they would not choose to provide their services to websites in countries where a national regulator found them to be non-compliant with the law. There is a reputational risk...
If we rely on parents to supervise children 100% of the time they are online, that will severely restrict a child’s right to opportunities to learn and explore online. In the real world, we do not expect a parent to accompany a child every time they enter a...
Increasingly, social media platforms are now applying checks that the age supplied by a customer is accurate, using a wide range of age estimation techniques. For example, the sites may be assessing how old their friends are; whether the topics they show interest in...
The UK law on online sales of offensive weapons, particularly bladed articles like knives, has evolved significantly since the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 received Royal Assent on 16 May 2019. Key provisions related to online sales came into force on 6 April 2022,...
