UK Plans Age Verification for Porn Websites from April 2018. UK residents who want to watch porn on the internet have to prove next year that they are age-old to access, written by Citi News.
Websites that offer porn and earn money must in April 2018 check the age of the visitor. That has been announced by the digital minister Matt Hancock, reports the BBC.
How the age check should be done exactly is not clear yet. Users could be asked for credit card information. This is how it works on gambling sites.
According to critics, the measure does not prevent minors from watching porn.
Many websites, such as Twitter and Tumblr, do not have to comply with the law while there may also appear pornographic images. Also, children can also share pornographic images without the intervention of a website.