Anonymous
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6/27/2025, 12:43:19 AM No.508825750
Major pornography sites including Pornhub and Redtube will introduce "highly effective age checks" from the 25 July in the UK for the first time.
New Ofcom rules designed to keep children from seeing harmful content online come into force next month, with "robust" age checks a "cornerstone" of the regulations, according to the communications regulator.
Under the Online Safety Act, age verification and age estimation must be "highly effective" at correctly determining whether a user is under 18 for sites hosting harmful content.
Highly effective age checks include credit card checks, open banking or facial age estimation.
According to new research by the regulator, 8% of eight to 14-year-olds in the UK visited a pornography site in one month with 19% of boys aged 13 and 14 visiting the sites. Around 11% of girls the same age visited pornography sites in one month.
As part of the new rules, platforms must also ensure age verification measures don't exclude adults from accessing legal content or compromise their privacy.
Ofcom said the other sites that have confirmed they will bring in the new age checks represent a broad range of pornography services accessed in the UK.
https://news.sky.com/story/major-pornography-sites-to-introduce-robust-age-verification-for-uk-users-13388827
New Ofcom rules designed to keep children from seeing harmful content online come into force next month, with "robust" age checks a "cornerstone" of the regulations, according to the communications regulator.
Under the Online Safety Act, age verification and age estimation must be "highly effective" at correctly determining whether a user is under 18 for sites hosting harmful content.
Highly effective age checks include credit card checks, open banking or facial age estimation.
According to new research by the regulator, 8% of eight to 14-year-olds in the UK visited a pornography site in one month with 19% of boys aged 13 and 14 visiting the sites. Around 11% of girls the same age visited pornography sites in one month.
As part of the new rules, platforms must also ensure age verification measures don't exclude adults from accessing legal content or compromise their privacy.
Ofcom said the other sites that have confirmed they will bring in the new age checks represent a broad range of pornography services accessed in the UK.
https://news.sky.com/story/major-pornography-sites-to-introduce-robust-age-verification-for-uk-users-13388827
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