Reddit and Twitter users face age checks under UK porn law plans

Social network users may be asked to submit passport or credit card details under plans outlined by ministers

Reddit and Twitter users in the UK could be required to submit details of their passport or credit card as part of the government's proposed age verification rules for pornography.

The two sites are among the few mainstream social networks that continue to host large quantities of explicit adult material. Ministers said that social networks where a considerable quantity of pornographic material is accessible" will have to conform to the same age verification rules as other commercial pornography websites.