Ms Chloe Setter:

As I said, this is a really evolving space. Standards are currently being developed by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association, IEEE, about what good looks like in terms of age assurance and verification.

It is quite a nascent space in terms of the technology. There are a number of safety tech companies that provide that kind of third-party service. Our colleagues from Meta mentioned Yoti. We also use Yoti at TikTok. It is a facial age estimation tool that helps us to have more confidence in the age of our users. We have to acknowledge that people have concerns, rightly or wrongly, about providing their personal data to tech platforms and how it is stored and used. There are also concerns about not everyone having identity documents. We do not want to create a situation where people are excluded from online life because they do not have identity documents. What I am saying is that it is complex. I am not saying we are trying to avoid scrutiny in this space. We are working with regulators on this. We are speaking to the French regulators, who have developed their own proposal. The Spanish have developed their own proposal. We are working with them and other industry bodies to look at what we can do. We ultimately do not want under-13s on our platform. We want people in the right age category, so they have the right age experience and enjoy themselves on the platform. It is not in our interests in respect of advertisers or in any other way to have underage accounts on the platform.