Independent report Children’s circumvention behaviours online
Research into how children aged 11 to 17 experience age assurance online, why some get around age checks, and how and why they use VPNs
Documents
Children’s circumvention behaviours online
HTML
Children’s circumvention behaviours online
PDF, 1000 KB, 49 pages
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
Data tables weighted
ODS, 1.83 MB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
Request an accessible format.
Details
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) commissioned BMG Research to build an evidence base on how children aged 11 to 17 experience age assurance online.
The research looked at:
- how children experience age checks online, and how effective they think they are
- the most common ways children get around age checks, and why
- what motivates children to use virtual private networks (VPNs), and how they access them
The findings are intended to help DSIT and Ofcom understand children’s experiences of age assurance, circumvention and VPN use, and to inform future policy development.
The findings and any recommendations do not represent government views or policy.