UK Online Safety Bill Will Mandate Dangerous Age Verification for Much of the Web

This blog post was co-written by Dr. Monica Horten of Open Rights Group.

Under new age verification rules in the UK’s massive Online Safety Bill, all internet platforms with UK users will have to stop minors from accessing ‘harmful’ content, as defined by the UK Parliament. This will affect adult websites, but also user-to-user services – basically any site, platform, or app that allows user-generated content that could be accessed by young people. To prevent minors from accessing …