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United Kingdom: Amendments to the Data (Use and Access) Bill including age requirement for social media

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
06 Mar 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

06 Mar 2025
under deliberation

Amendments to the Data (Use and Access) Bill including age requirement for social media were introduced into the House of Commons

On 6 March 2025, a member of the House of Commons tabled an amendment to the UK GDPR that would raise the age of consent for social media data processing from 13 to 16, specifically for social media platforms. The amendment would apply to any online…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament

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