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Ofcom outlines ways social media can verify ages of users

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Ofcom outlines age verification for under-16s ahead of social media ban

www.bbc.co.uk

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

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How does this protect us from Boomers voting based on what they read if Facebook? Or Karens on mumsnet, or divorced dads and incels on X?

I worry about that much more than teens seeing porn or LGBTQ+ info.

Edit: To be clear, I don’t worry about it all. If anything, I worry about them not getting info.

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