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Age assurance built for social platforms. Protect minors. Preserve privacy.

Age Layer helps online communities enforce safe age-access rules—without collecting extra personal data or blocking genuine users.

Why It Matters

Communities and social platforms—like forums, dating apps, or niche groups—face heightened risk when minors interact with adult users or content. Regulators from the UK to the EU are mandating robust age verification across social apps.

Yoti, for instance, has supported platforms like Yubo in verifying every user’s age to foster safe social discovery while balancing privacy [source]YotiYoti.

But general-purpose providers often:

Age Layer is different. We provide flexible, human-reviewed verification flows that maintain community safety—without compromising user trust or inclusion.

How it works

1

Provide optional age-estimation or ID verification

Users can submit a selfie for a quick over/under estimate

Or upload an ID + selfie for human-reviewed verification

Sensitive fields can be redacted—only date of birth and face are required

2

Human specialists review flagged cases

If an AI estimate is borderline, we escalate to a real reviewer

Ensures edge cases and outliers are handled accurately, inclusively

3

Issue a reusable passcode or trust token

Confirmed users can get continuous access across partner sites

Maintains privacy and simplifies future logins

4

Apply access logic based on verified traits

E.g. only verified 18+ users can join adult groups

Escalate discrepancies rather than auto-blocking members

Feature Benefits

Facial age estimation + selfie checks

Fast, low-friction age gating for most users

Redaction support for IDs

Shared only necessary data, transparent to users

Human-in-loop review

Avoids false declines and bias, improves trust

Reusable age tokens

Enable cross-platform membership with privacy

Configurable access rules

Gate channels/features based on verified traits

Minimal data retention

No profile data stored or tracked

Trust & Privacy Foundations

Use Cases For Social Sectors

Teen or adult forums

Ensure users are in the correct age group without invasive onboarding.

Dating or match platforms

Verify user age discreetly and keep communities safe—without identity exposure.

Private groups or niche networks

Gate media or features by age, region, or verified status using lightweight rules.

Moderation workflows

Add human-reviewed verification steps for accounts flagged for suspicious behaviour or age ambiguity.

How Users Experience IT

Seamless

A simple selfie scan or ID upload flow—most users verify instantly.

Comfortable

Users control what they share; refresher verification only when needed.

Connected

No re-verification across partner sites—with reusable passcodes or tokens.

Inclusive

Supporting ID redaction ensures fairness for all backgrounds and demographics.

Make your community safer—without compromising privacy or trust.

Protect all users with human-reviewed age assurance and flexible rules that serve you and your members.