Starting today, UK adults are required to prove their age to access pornography online due to new child safety laws. These laws replace self-reporting checkboxes with strict age verification methods such as face scans, ID uploads, and credit card checks. Major porn websites are complying, and age checks are being implemented on social media sites to prevent minors from accessing harmful content. Similar global child protection laws threaten to normalize rigorous age checks, raising concerns about privacy and freedom of speech.
"Age verification impedes people's ability to anonymously access information online. That includes information that adults have every right to access but might not want anyone else knowing they're consuming."
"Some of the biggest porn websites-including Pornhub and YouPorn-have said that they will comply with the new rules, reflecting a significant shift in managing adult content access."
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