UK regulators explain what 'highly effective' age assurance for the Online Safety Act actually means

The UK's controversial Online Safety Act (OSA) passed over a year ago, and ostensibly, it "puts a range of new duties on social media companies and search services, making them more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms." But the ramifications of the bill are still being figured out, as are how to implement measures, including these age verification checks. To this end, two UK regulatory bodies have now issued a joint statement [PDF] on what companies should do to meet these obligations.