Photo ID, bank checks, face scan? The UK’s age-check options
Source: Malwarebytes Labs
At a glance
As preparation for the UK’s planned social media ban, Ofcom has set out four ways social media platforms could check whether users are aged 16 or over. The government and Parliament will decide how the ban works in practice. Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services in the UK. The BBC reports that Ofcom identified four ways to check someone’s age that it considers “highly effective.” Here’s what those checks would involve: Photo ID matching : Comparing a live image of you with the photo on an identity document, such as your passport, and checking the age information on that docum…