And shouldn t do, and that it also wants to see the internet become a safer place, while not losing the economic and social benefits that it brings. other important industries. experts say the challenge will be putting it into practice. than 100 billion times a day. in 2017, facebook and instagram were taking down 35,000 posts a day about self harm and suicide alone. so, this is regulation not at a minor scale, but at an industrial scale. while there s criticism about whether the plans go far enough, they will mean a revolution in how the online world is policed. katie prescott, bbc news. there s been a number of calls for mandatory age verification in order to to protect children online. iain corby is the executive director at age verification providers association, who represent organisations who provide age assurance services. he told us these proposals
In 2017, facebook and instagram were taking down 35,000 posts a day about self harm and suicide alone. so, this is regulation not at a minor scale, but at an industrial scale. while there s criticism about whether the plans go far enough, they will mean a revolution in how the online world is policed. katie prescott, bbc news. there s been a number of calls for mandatory age verification in order to to protect children online. iain corby is the executive director at age verification providers association, who represent organisations who provide age assurance services. he says these proposals don t go far enough. the problem with someone going on the internet is nobody knows how old you are. so if we want to offer better protection for children and preserve the freedom of adults, then we need to have a system in place that allows websites to know the age of their users
In 2019 the government abandoned plans to require age verification for access to porn websites. Now they must act to protect children, writes Jamie Gillies.