The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, declined to offer an attributed on-the-record comment about the new age checks to The Verge. In unattributed statements to other outlets, it said it was “now ...

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France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece are preparing to test a new age verification system designed to protect children online.

BRUSSELS: Five EU countries will test an app aimed at preventing children from accessing harmful content online by checking users' ages, the European Commission said on Monday (Jul 14). Several ...

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Few people know the age assurance landscape better than Iain Corby, executive director of the Age Verification Providers Association.