Lack of age verification allowing children unrestricted content access
Media and Sport received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 13 Oct 2022 and 5 Mar 2024.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 0 specific actions.
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Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“There was no age verification when signing up to the on-line platform.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Media and Sport responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
- 1 year 5 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.85 · higha different coroner
“Children are able to access the site through search engines without being required to create an account and access content [REDACTED] without being asked if they are an adult or being required to input their date of birth.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Media and Sport responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
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2022 → 2024Isabella Shere1 year 5 months after Molly Russell · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · highBoth reports highlight a lack of age verification that allows children to view unsuitable content. The earlier report focuses on sign‑up checks, while the later report notes that children can reach the content via search without any age confirmation.
Molly Russell · 13 Oct 2022
“There was no age verification when signing up to the on-line platform.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Isabella Shere · 5 Mar 2024
“Children are able to access the site through search engines without being required to create an account and access content [REDACTED] without being asked if they are an adult or being required to input their date of birth.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
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- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to Media and Sport at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 → 2024 | 0.78 | 0.30 | Closely related · 0.85 | different |
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