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==Overview==

The UK Online Safety Act 2023 is an act passed by the United Kingdom ~~Parliament that gives~~ the government of the ~~United Kingdom~~ to suppress and record online content that the ~~United Kingdom~~ government deems harmful to children. The UK government ~~cite~~ states that as of March 2025, platforms are ~~now~~ required to use age ~~assuring~~ technology to prevent underage users from being exposed to adult content such as pornography, hateful content, or content which encourages suicide, self harm, or eating disorders<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-24 |title=Online Safety Act |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/online-safety-act |url-status=live |website=gov.uk}}</ref>. There have been criticisms that the act is likely to affect both children and adults in a negative manner.

The United Kingdom's Online Safety Act 2023 is an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (UK). The act provides the government with the ability to both suppress and/or record online content that the UK government deems harmful to children. The UK government states that as of March 2025, platforms are required to use age verification technology to prevent underage users from being exposed to adult content such as pornography, hateful content, or content which encourages suicide, self harm, or eating disorders<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-24 |title=Online Safety Act |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/online-safety-act |url-status=live |website=gov.uk}}</ref>. There have been criticisms that the act is likely to affect both children and adults in a negative manner, particularly the outsourcing of age verification to third-party services, such as private corporations, which require either biometric scans or uploads of official government issued ID's. Confidentiality is not guaranteed in these third-party services' TOS, alongside this, malicious sites may easily be created to collect such information under the guise of 'age-verification', with users less likely to protect their private information as they become more comfortable with the notion of submitting it to many different websites and services.

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 ==Overview==
-The UK Online Safety Act 2023 is an act passed by the United Kingdom Parliament that gives the government of the United Kingdom to suppress and record online content that the United Kingdom government deems harmful to children. The UK government cite states that as of March 2025, platforms are now required to use age assuring technology to prevent underage users from being exposed to adult content such as pornography, hateful content, or content which encourages suicide, self harm, or eating disorders<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-24 |title=Online Safety Act |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/online-safety-act |url-status=live |website=gov.uk}}</ref>. There have been criticisms that the act is likely to affect both children and adults in a negative manner.
+The United Kingdom's Online Safety Act 2023 is an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (UK). The act provides the government with the ability to both suppress and/or record online content that the UK government deems harmful to children. The UK government states that as of March 2025, platforms are required to use age verification technology to prevent underage users from being exposed to adult content such as pornography, hateful content, or content which encourages suicide, self harm, or eating disorders<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-24 |title=Online Safety Act |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/online-safety-act |url-status=live |website=gov.uk}}</ref>. There have been criticisms that the act is likely to affect both children and adults in a negative manner, particularly the outsourcing of age verification to third-party services, such as private corporations, which require either biometric scans or uploads of official government issued ID's. Confidentiality is not guaranteed in these third-party services' TOS, alongside this, malicious sites may easily be created to collect such information under the guise of 'age-verification', with users less likely to protect their private information as they become more comfortable with the notion of submitting it to many different websites and services.
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