UK government consults on scaled-back digital ID plan
Ministers try to win over sceptical public by potentially excluding children and some personal data
Ministers try to win over sceptical public by potentially excluding children and some personal data

To decide whether official statistics are useful, look at what happens when they disappear

Age verification is needed but government, rather than tech companies, should be responsible for developing tools

As with Brexit, public anger could swing behind the idea that we need to take back control

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Officials are concerned about the damage to the country’s technology sector as well as its alliance with the US

Legal and legislative pressure is mounting to safeguard young people