The new rules will be part of the UK’s Online Safety Bill, a mammoth piece of legislation intended to reset how digital platforms are governed in the country.
. “We are now strengthening the online safety bill so it applies to all porn sites to ensure we achieve our aim of making the internet a safer place for children.”Details of how age-checks will be implemented are not yet clear, and individual companies will decide for themselves how to comply with the new rules.
The UK government said possible methods of age verification could include “checking a user’s age against details that their mobile provider holds, verifying via a credit card check, and other database checks including government held data such as passport data.” However, it is possible that these credentials could be used to verify age without also checking an individual’s identity.
Sites that fail to introduce age checks could be blocked from operating in the UK via blacklists issued to the country’s ISPs. And they could be fined 10 percent of their annual worldwide income.Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you.
I can already see the headlines as VPN usage & adoption in the UK exceeds every other country worldwide by a mile in a matter of months 😂
That's great
Privacy concerns go out the window. Not to mention sexual freedom. All for nothing because people will still find a way to circumvent it if they really want.
What a nice way to willingly give up your private information. PII for a wank. I’ve had worse trades
Well those user numbers are going way under
Just use crypto wallet
That should be a must rule in each and every country.
This sounds familiar. The credit card part.