Age assurance: the facts

profile picture Rachael Trotman 1 min read

Around the world, regulators are introducing online safety and age checking laws to protect minors online. But some people believe that age assurance can’t be done without risking our privacy.

In reality, the challenge of checking someone’s age online in a privacy-preserving way has been solved.

In this paper, we address some of the common concerns around age assurance.

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