Highly effective age assurance
OfficialOfcom’s letter states that in-scope services allowing pornography must implement highly effective age assurance from 25 July 2025.
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Documented overview
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| Dimension | United Kingdom | France |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Unknown | Unknown |
| Market presence | Unknown | Unknown |
| Methods | Unknown | Unknown |
| Technology & vendors | Unknown | Unknown |
| Ownership | Unknown | Unknown |
| Regulation | Ofcom published its 2026 report assessing age-assurance use. It covers early evidence from pornography, social media and dating services. The letter addresses Part 3 services allowing pornography. Services carrying other content can have additional child-protection duties. Ofcom’s letter states that in-scope services allowing pornography must implement highly effective age assurance from 25 July 2025. | Arcom adopted the framework after consultation with the CNIL. The framework concerns age checks for services showing pornographic content. Applicability to an individual service requires checking its legal scope. Arcom published its age-verification technical framework on 11 October 2024. This record documents that publication, not every later legal development. |
| Documented deployments | Unknown | Unknown |
| Recent changes | Ofcom publishes its 2026 age-assurance report ↗ Age-assurance date specified by Ofcom for in-scope Part 3 services ↗ | No published change |
Detailed evidence comparison
United Kingdom
Published assessment
OfficialOfcom published its 2026 report assessing age-assurance use. It covers early evidence from pornography, social media and dating services.
Scope of the letter
OfficialThe letter addresses Part 3 services allowing pornography. Services carrying other content can have additional child-protection duties.
France
Technical framework published
OfficialArcom published its age-verification technical framework on 11 October 2024. This record documents that publication, not every later legal development.
Issuing authority
OfficialArcom adopted the framework after consultation with the CNIL.
Minimum technical requirements
OfficialThe framework concerns age checks for services showing pornographic content. Applicability to an individual service requires checking its legal scope.