Porn sites in UK will have to check ages in planned update to online safety bill
by Dan Milmo and Jim Waterson from Technology | The Guardian on (#5VX13)
Digital minister Chris Philp says it is too easy for children to access pornography online
The government has revived plans to make pornography websites carry out age checks, which would require British users to provide data such as their credit card or passport details to prove they are over 18.
Ministers said the forthcoming online safety bill will be altered to ensure that commercial porn sites are brought within its scope, updating the draft legislation, which now applies to providers of user-generated pornography such as OnlyFans.
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