https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/19/porn-sites-will-require-proof-age-april-2019-itll-work-8265771/
Masturbation is about to get a lot more complicated from April next year – with porn sites requiring proof of age before anyone can see adult content (including free sites).
Rules for how the ban on under-18s will work were quietly passed by the House of Commons on Monday this week – and are expected to be in place by April.
From that date, anyone who visits a porn site from a British IP address will be asked for 'proof' they are 18, provided either from ID such as driving licences or from age verification cards bought in shops.
There will be several companies offering age verification systems, says Stuart Lawley, CEO of AVSecure, which will offer one system next year, with a 'kitemark' style system to ensure the verification complies with the law.
Lawley says that 60,000 shops in Britain will offer Age Verification cards (based on shopkeeper's assessment), which should be on offer before April.
Lawley says, 'The British Board of Film Censors has been appointed as the regulator – and we expect they'll give sites 90 days notice to comply, so it'll probably be in place by mid-April.
'The BBFC will look at the methods age verification systems use to verify people are 18, so for instance, a name and adress wouldn't be enough – but a scan of a driving licence or a credit card and CVV number would be OK.'
Lawley predicts the system will launch by April 15.
Sounds like it's getting worse and worse to live in the U.K.?
Scan my ID for porn sites if old
Masturbation is about to get a lot more complicated from April next year – with porn sites requiring proof of age before anyone can see adult content (including free sites).
Rules for how the ban on under-18s will work were quietly passed by the House of Commons on Monday this week – and are expected to be in place by April.
From that date, anyone who visits a porn site from a British IP address will be asked for 'proof' they are 18, provided either from ID such as driving licences or from age verification cards bought in shops.
There will be several companies offering age verification systems, says Stuart Lawley, CEO of AVSecure, which will offer one system next year, with a 'kitemark' style system to ensure the verification complies with the law.
Lawley says that 60,000 shops in Britain will offer Age Verification cards (based on shopkeeper's assessment), which should be on offer before April.
Lawley says, 'The British Board of Film Censors has been appointed as the regulator – and we expect they'll give sites 90 days notice to comply, so it'll probably be in place by mid-April.
'The BBFC will look at the methods age verification systems use to verify people are 18, so for instance, a name and adress wouldn't be enough – but a scan of a driving licence or a credit card and CVV number would be OK.'
Lawley predicts the system will launch by April 15.
Sounds like it's getting worse and worse to live in the U.K.?
Scan my ID for porn sites if old
