UK bill will mandate implementation of identity and age verification technology on Big Tech platforms

A UK bill that requires large tech platforms to implement identity and age verification technology is currently making its way through Parliament.

This Online Safety Bill mandates that services containing pornographic content implement age verification technology and use it to ensure that children “are not normally able to encounter” pornographic content.

Large platforms are also required to “offer all adult users of the service the option to verify their identity” (even if identity verification isn’t required to access the service) so that these users can choose to filter out “non-verified users.”