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Platforms near UK online-safety deadline for children's access assessments

By Patricia Figueiredo ( April 15, 2025, 13:49 GMT | Insight) -- Social-media sites and other online platforms with UK users face a deadline of tomorrow to assess how likely they are to be accessed by children, ahead of online safety regulator Ofcom publishing final codes of practice on protecting children later this month. Where services without age verification in place determine they aren’t likely to be accessed by children, they must be ready to show that with a detailed, evidence-based assessment, the UK regulator said.Social-media sites and other online platforms with UK users have until tomorrow to complete assessments of whether they are likely to be accessed by children, as online safety regulator Ofcom prepares to publish final codes of practice on protecting children later this month....

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