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Stronger age checks to come into force for online porn sites in UK

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Stronger age checks to come into force for online porn sites in UK



Regulator Ofcom releases guidelines that call for use of face scans, credit cards checks or photo-IDUsers accessing online pornography in the UK could soon be required to have their face scanned, under measures announced by Ofcom to stop children seeing the material.Enforcement guidelines released on Thursday, which will apply to social media giants as well as sites such as OnlyFans and Pornhub, stipulate that children will no longer be able to simply assert they are 18 to view pornography online. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/16/stronger-age-checks-to-come-into-force-for-online-porn-sites-in-uk-ofcom

Author : Robert Booth UK technology editor

Publish date : 2025-01-16 12:32:00

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