“Verifying someone’s age is not as simple as it might sound. We have seen this, I think, in the contributions of all the other previous speakers.
It is generally acknowledged by policymakers, regulators and also, as we have seen, by researchers, at a global level, that age verification is a multifaceted issue for which, at present, there is not an agreed solution, which in itself speaks to the inherent challenges that are involved.
hese difficulties have been acknowledged by certain regulators in the European Union and the UK. They recognise that it is unlikely to be a one size fits all solution for all the”
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