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Guidance
April2025 clarification: terms-of-service minimums/self-declaration insufficient evidence. Without HEAA enforcement, conservatively assess likely younger users. Not itself a universal age gate or ID-document mandate.
Ofcom → Children risk-assessment age assumptions
2025-04-24 – 2025-04-24
8.170-8.171 PDF36-37: self-declaration/TOS minimum insufficient; without HEAA enforcement, conservatively assess likely presence/ages. Described as minor drafting changes, not a general new ID duty.
Online Safety Network → Children risk-assessment age assumptions
Clarification24April2025; attribution published15May2025
SLSC25th Report23 records Ofcom collective attribution including OSAN and denies preferential weighting. Exact proposed clause not identified;July inspected section lacks exact formulation. Report24 records dissatisfaction;26 declines adjudication.
Ofcom → published clarified risk-assessment assumptions → Children risk-assessment age assumptions
2025-04-24 – 2025-04-24
8.170-8.171 PDF36-37: self-declaration/TOS minimum insufficient; without HEAA enforcement, conservatively assess likely presence/ages. Described as minor drafting changes, not a general new ID duty.
Online Safety Network → Ofcom credits network among contributing civil-society feedback → Children risk-assessment age assumptions
Clarification24April2025; attribution published15May2025
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SLSC25th Report23 records Ofcom collective attribution including OSAN and denies preferential weighting. Exact proposed clause not identified;July inspected section lacks exact formulation. Report24 records dissatisfaction;26 declines adjudication.