Question follow-through · 26107

Internet: Age Assurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's age assurance duties on (a) LGBTQIA+ and (b) other minority (i) community websites and (ii) support

answeredDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
3 Sept 2026
Answer
21 Sept 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's age assurance duties on (a) LGBTQIA+ and (b) other minority (i) community websites and (ii) support

  2. 3 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Implementing a fair age assurance process is crucial to ensure that users are not unfairly excluded from online spaces to which they have legitimate access. Providers in-scope of the OSA must consider the extent to which its chosen method avoids or minimi...

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