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United Kingdom: Launched Ofcom's Age Verification Enforcement Programme

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Launched Ofcom's Age Verification Enforcement Programme

On 10 January 2023, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced the initiation of an enforcement programme focusing on age assurance measures within the adult Video Sharing Platform (VSP) sector. The programme aims to assess the robustness of age…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2023-01-10
under deliberation

On 10 January 2023, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced the initiation of an enforcement…

2023-06-15
under deliberation

On 15 June 2023, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued an update on its enforcement programme…

2023-12-18
under deliberation

On 18 December 2023, Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced an extension of its enforcement pro…

2024-03-08
concluded

On 8 March 2024, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced that following inquiries, the platf…