How could social media platforms enforce a ban on under-16s?

ITV News · ITV News · 2026-10-29 11:51 UTC

Ofcom has accepted that 'motivated children will seek to bypass the restrictions' but that there are ways to 'mitigate this risk'.

By Deputy Content Editor James Hockaday

Age checks could “significantly” help to enforce a social media ban on under-16s expected to come into effect next year, Ofcom has said.

On Thursday, the communications regulator published an assessment of how social media firms could reliably restrict access to adult or harmful content online, or to addictive apps.

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