What does the online safety act actually say about this? It's only supposed to be age verification, and if you are actually old enough does it matter how you proved it?

Many of the age verification services explicitly promise not to retain photos!

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AlecSchueler 4 days ago | parent [-]

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/part/4/chapter/...

It talks explicitly about verifying your identity, not your age, so no loopholes today I'm afraid

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pjc50 4 days ago | parent [-]

.. for Category 1 services. I've already noted that several age verification services explicitly promise _not_ to retain your identity.

I'm having trouble working out what's category 1. Schedule 1 defines exemptions https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/schedule/1/part... ; otherwise this refers OFCOM to "critera" which I can't find.

As I understand it, Wikipedia are seeking judicial review of OFCOM's placing them in category 1, which requires the most stringent checks including identity.

	▲	AlecSchueler 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I made no mention of identity retention.