UK social media users may be required to confirm their age with documents. Communications regulator Ofcom has questioned the effectiveness of facial recognition technologies used to verify age - teenagers can easily bypass such restrictions, The Telegraph reported. Now the regulator has suggested considering a stricter verification system - platforms including TikTok, Instagram* and Snapchat* could be required to confirm the age of all users over 16. For this you will need to present a passport, driver's license or digital ID. The proposal drew criticism from human rights activists, as such a step could endanger privacy and increase control over the actions of Internet users. * - Recognized as extreme and prohibited in the Russian Federation.

UK social media users may be required to confirm their age with documents. Communications regulator Ofcom has questioned the effectiveness of facial recognition technologies used to verify age - teenagers can easily bypass such restrictions, The Telegraph reported. Now the regulator has suggested considering a stricter verification system - platforms including TikTok, Instagram* and Snapchat* could be required to confirm the age of all users over 16. For this you will need to present a passport, driver's license or digital ID. The proposal drew criticism from human rights activists, as such a step could endanger privacy and increase control over the actions of Internet users. * - Recognized as extreme and prohibited in the Russian Federation.