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RichardCoulter · 11-05-2024, 03:24

Dame Melanie Dawes, the Chief Executive of Ofcom, said on BBC News earlier that one of the sanctions for websites that fail to protect children is that they could be banned from having under 18's on their site.

This is hit on the heels of WhatsApp reducing their minimum age from 16 to 13 in line with other social media apps.

I wonder if some of them might find the new requirements too onerous (they've been able to get away with ignoring complaints, requests to take down posts, not being overly helpful in aiding the police trace users etc up until now) and may decide to raise their minimum age to 18, which wouldn't be a bad thing IMO. The new robust age verification requirement should keep children out and will help to keep adults out of sites aimed at children.

11-05-2024, 03:24	#640
RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,719	Re: Online Safety Bill Dame Melanie Dawes, the Chief Executive of Ofcom, said on BBC News earlier that one of the sanctions for websites that fail to protect children is that they could be banned from having under 18's on their site. This is hit on the heels of WhatsApp reducing their minimum age from 16 to 13 in line with other social media apps. I wonder if some of them might find the new requirements too onerous (they've been able to get away with ignoring complaints, requests to take down posts, not being overly helpful in aiding the police trace users etc up until now) and may decide to raise their minimum age to 18, which wouldn't be a bad thing IMO. The new robust age verification requirement should keep children out and will help to keep adults out of sites aimed at children.