Coimisiún na Meán, the media regulator, would be responsible for deciding when and how a social media platform should use age verification
A plan to verify the ages of children who use social media, as part of a wider plan to set a digital age of consent, will be considered shortly by Government.
Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan is to bring a memo to Cabinet which will propose linking a child’s age with their online MyGovID account as part of a plan to increase protection for children online.
It comes as Instagram and Facebook have start
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