Stronger age checks to come into force for online pornography sites in UK

Regulator Ofcom releases guidelines that call for use of face scans, credit cards checks or photo-ID

Users accessing online pornography in the UK could soon be required to have their face scanned, under measures announced by Ofcom to stop children seeing the material.

Enforcement guidelines released on Thursday, which will apply to social media platforms as well as sites such as OnlyFans and Pornhub, stipulate that children will no longer be able to simply assert they are 18 to view pornography online.