To: Josh Simons MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital ID, Liz Kendle MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Kanishka Narayan MP, Minister for AI and Online Safety

Bring in alternative verification methods for blind and visually impaired online users

Consult with blind and visually impaired users, collaborating on extra methods that can prove their age, such as entering a credit card detail, or provide methods that will work with screen readers.

Why is this important?

Current verification platforms, such as Yoti, have alternative methods, but places like Discord are not using them. They seem to rely on government IDs or face scans. The face scans are very precise and for a totally blind person who might want to do this independently, it's impossible. I, myself, have tried several times. However, platforms such as Steam or Microsoft provide other methods that don't require a face scan. Such as entering a credit card number. This has worked first time for me.

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