Ofcom is issuing industry guidance which sets out the tech adult websites must use to check ages.

Summary

Under the UK’s Online Safety Act, all websites hosting pornography, including social media platforms, must implement “robust” age verification methods, such as photo ID or credit card checks, for UK users by July.

Regulator Ofcom claims this is to prevent children from accessing explicit content, as research shows many are exposed as young as nine.

Critics, including privacy groups and porn sites, warn the measures could drive users to less-regulated parts of the internet, raising safety and privacy concerns.

  • @PaddzrEnglish
    2•6 hours ago

    They’re clearly not solely my morals. Why should your morals be the basis of things being unrestricted? What privacy do you have left exactly? Who is this hurting? It’s all fun and games throwing big phrases around while we use everything tied to a name anyway.

    If you’re using a VPN and are truly a person that values their internet privacy, this doesn’t effect you, does it?

    And if by this we limit who porn is marketed to? Then fuck yeah. Same as gambling. There needs to be barrier of entry.

    Bold of you to assume all that of my parenting habits, here lies the biggest issue with debating anything on the internet, people jump at extremes. Because the slightest bit of grey area and the ideology falls apart.

    So let’s take it for a spin shall we? Why should your morals stop me from stealing or hurting you? After all, it’s just as illegal. Why should we stop kids from buying alcohol, it’s illegal for shop to do it, do you also shout at cashiers asking for your ID? What about that privacy?

    It’s silly and as my original comment predicted, you’re exactly the type of person I expected to see here. Ultimately, we’re all balancing life, even wild west had rules.