Ofcom outlines ways social media can verify ages of users

Ofcom says photo and digital ID, banking checks or facial age estimation can help prove someone is 16 or over.

Ofcom outlines ways social media can verify ages of users

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Ofcom outlines ways social media can verify ages of users

A young girl with long brown hair lying on her bed with a purple and white duvet, looking at her phone over her face, which has butterfly stickers on the back. There are two out-of-focus toys next to her in blue and white, and she is wearing a pink jumper with white and blue flowers on it.Image source, Getty Images
ByZoe KleinmanTechnology & AI editor

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