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Viscount Colville of Culross (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 June 2026

Debate

Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Contribution

I thank the Minister for the comments she has just made. She has just said that Ofcom will have a consultation on which age verification method will be used for identifying under-16s. However, I understand that the preferred form of age verification in this new social media regime will be ID documents, because the Government do not trust the age-verification technology for identifying under-16s. Will the Government continue to incentivise tech companies to come up with reliable technological solutions in this area? Surely, it is the responsibility of the tech companies to come up with this technology.

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