"Our research supports a 'risk-based' approach where assurance matches risk. That means less intrusive assurance methods in most areas - news, education, or travel - and stronger checks for things like adult content or alcohol sales. The rigour matches the risk."
"While some would like a more uniform system, or a universal arbiter of age, we believe that liability and responsibility rest with every service owner - the developer, the publisher, the app creator - because they know what they are offering. You don't expect the credit card company to check if you are old enough to buy alcohol; the store should do that."
"But [Meta has] cautioned that there remained a 'significant' margin of error when determining whether a user is 16 years or older, and it expects to misidentify an unspecified number of underage users, as well as those who are legally allowed to hold accounts."
People largely accept stronger protections but do not want their IDs exposed. Research supports a risk-based approach where assurance levels match contextual risk. Less intrusive methods are suitable for low-risk areas such as news, education, and travel, while stronger checks are recommended for adult content and alcohol sales. Liability and responsibility are placed on service owners — developers, publishers, and app creators — because they know what they offer. Responsibility for age checks should sit with the provider closest to the transaction. Age-detection systems can have a significant margin of error and may misidentify some users.
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