This report maps the current legal and policy landscape for age assurance across OECD Member countries. It analyses laws that establish age-dependent protections or obligations (“age limits”) and therefore trigger a need to assure age. It considers laws covering online safety (including on pornography and social media services), privacy and the online sale of age-restricted goods. Together with a companion report benchmarking the age-related policies and practices of 50 online services that children use, this work aims to support government and industry action for promoting the opportunities offered by digital technologies for children while keeping them safe from potential harms and protecting their rights and freedoms.
Methodology
The report is based on desk research which helped identify relevant laws and policy measures in OECD Member countries. A series of tables in Annexes A – E set out the relevant requirements in these laws and policies.
Citation
OECD (2025), The legal and policy landscape of age assurance online for child safety and well-being, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/4a1878aa-en.
Record created:
15 September 2026
This report maps the current legal and policy landscape for age assurance across OECD Member countries. It analyses laws that establish age-dependent protections or obligations (“age limits”) and therefore trigger a need to assure age. It considers laws covering online safety (including on pornography and social media services), privacy and the online sale of age-restricted goods. Together with a companion report benchmarking the age-related policies and practices of 50 online services that children use, this work aims to support government and industry action for promoting the opportunities offered by digital technologies for children while keeping them safe from potential harms and protecting their rights and freedoms.
Methodology
The report is based on desk research which helped identify relevant laws and policy measures in OECD Member countries. A series of tables in Annexes A – E set out the relevant requirements in these laws and policies.
Citation
OECD (2025), The legal and policy landscape of age assurance online for child safety and well-being, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/4a1878aa-en.
Record created:
15 September 2026- age assurance age verification legislation policy age-appropriate design
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