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 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | AGCOM’s 12 November 2025 statement says the resolution enters fully into force that day. Individual service obligations and later developments still require separate checking. The resolution describes websites and video-sharing platforms distributing pornographic images and videos in Italy. AGCOM adopted technical and procedural age-verification arrangements on 8 April 2025 and published them on 12 May 2025. |
| 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 ↗ | AGCOM announces entry into force of age-verification rules ↗ |
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.
Italy
Resolution 96/25/CONS
OfficialAGCOM adopted technical and procedural age-verification arrangements on 8 April 2025 and published them on 12 May 2025.
Entry-into-force announcement
OfficialAGCOM’s 12 November 2025 statement says the resolution enters fully into force that day. Individual service obligations and later developments still require separate checking.
Covered services
OfficialThe resolution describes websites and video-sharing platforms distributing pornographic images and videos in Italy.