Age assurance sits at the intersection of child safety, privacy, and user experience. Get it wrong and you either fail to protect children or create friction that drives legitimate users away. Online Responsibility Network (ORN) supports members through a structured, principles-based Assurance Framework that addresses age assurance as part of a wider model of responsible platform governance. Rather than treating age controls in isolation, the framework situates them within broader obligations relating to child protection, data protection, risk management, and transparency, providing a practical pathway to regulatory alignment while safeguarding user rights. Grounded in regulatory requirements, informed by practical implementation experience, and backed by over 22 years of regulated-sector expertise through Trust Alliance Group, our Assurance Framework focuses on what works in practice.

Membership of the ORN provides access to structured resources across the key components of age assurance implementation. Rather than prescribing a single technical solution, our approach enables organisations to choose and implement proportionate age assurance aligned to their service model, user base, and risk profile. Important: ORN frameworks support your implementation efforts. They do not constitute legal advice or guarantee regulatory compliance.