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Recommendation 22
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Launch cross-government consultation on raising the digital age of consent to 16
Recommendation
The next Government must launch a consultation by the end of the year on whether 13 is a reasonable age of digital consent, or whether it should be raised. The next Government should recommend 16 as a more appropriate age. This approach should be cross-government and include research on the reasoning behind other countries having higher digital age of consents than our own.
Paragraph Reference:
106
Government Response
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