Will UK porn age verification stop children seeing adult content?
8 months ago
- #online safety
- #age verification
- #data privacy
- UK porn sites must now implement robust age verification for users, ending the simple tick-box method.
- Options for age verification include credit card checks, photo ID matching, and estimating age via selfie.
- Sites like Pornhub, Reddit, X, Grindr, Discord, and Bluesky will introduce enhanced age checks.
- VPNs can bypass location-based blocks, but platforms are banned from promoting their use to circumvent age checks.
- Concerns arise about data privacy, potential leaks, and users turning to fringe sites to avoid verification.
- Ofcom estimates 14 million UK porn viewers; fines for non-compliance reach £18m or 10% of global revenue.