{"id":494707,"date":"2026-03-25T15:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494707\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:28:13","slug":"apple-launches-age-verification-for-uk-iphone-users-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494707\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple launches age verification\u00a0for\u00a0UK\u00a0iPhone users\u00a0 \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u00a0is not required to\u00a0implement age checks under U.K.\u00a0law, as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2023\/50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Online Safety Act<\/a>\u00a0does not apply to app stores or operating systems.\u00a0Ofcom is conducting a report on whether to expand the act to include them, due in January 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Users who\u00a0choose to\u00a0update to the latest software, iOS 26.4\u00a0for iPhones and iPads,\u00a0are prompted to verify their age, and can use credit cards linked to accounts as proof or undergo a process to scan ID.\u00a0Apple may also use the length of time a user has held the account as proof of their age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The requirements have also been rolled out in South Korea.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u00a0is not required to\u00a0implement age checks under U.K.\u00a0law, as the\u00a0Online Safety Act\u00a0does not apply to app stores or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,3714,50,18904,471,1352,4863,11998,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-494707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-media","tag-news","tag-online-safety","tag-safety","tag-services","tag-software","tag-south-korea","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}