This 2021 5Rights Foundation report examines how age assurance can be used to recognise children online and enable digital services to provide age-appropriate protections and experiences. It explains the different forms of age assurance, including age verification and age estimation, and assesses their risks, benefits and appropriate uses.
The report argues that age assurance should not be treated simply as a mechanism for restricting children’s access. Instead, it should support safer, more privacy-preserving and age-appropriate digital environments. It calls for common standards and stronger regulatory oversight, including requirements that age assurance be proportionate, accessible, secure, transparent and rights-respecting. Although the report focuses specifically on the UK, it notes that its main themes and conclusions are relevant internationally.
This 2021 5Rights Foundation report examines how age assurance can be used to recognise children online and enable digital services to provide age-appropriate protections and experiences. It explains the different forms of age assurance, including age verification and age estimation, and assesses their risks, benefits and appropriate uses.
The report argues that age assurance should not be treated simply as a mechanism for restricting children’s access. Instead, it should support safer, more privacy-preserving and age-appropriate digital environments. It calls for common standards and stronger regulatory oversight, including requirements that age assurance be proportionate, accessible, secure, transparent and rights-respecting. Although the report focuses specifically on the UK, it notes that its main themes and conclusions are relevant internationally.
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