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2026-02-16 17:17:40 UTC

ORG calls on the UK government, ICO and Ofcom to establish compulsory privacy and security standards for age verification providers.

This is critical to protect users’ sensitive data as this unregulated industry grows more powerful with each attempt to treat the symptom, not the cause of online harms.

#ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

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