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UK ISP Blocking and Age Verification of Porn Websites from April 2018

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Bowdon:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/07/uk-isp-blocking-age-verification-porn-websites-april-2018.html


--- Quote ---The Government has confirmed that, from April 2018 onwards, they will require broadband ISPs to block access to pornographic websites that fail to introduce at least a Credit Card based Age Verification system. This is intended to stop children being able to access naughty images and videos.

The measure was pushed into law earlier this year as part of the Digital Economy Act 2017, although until now some of the details have remained quite vague. Today the BBC has revealed a little bit more and also published an introduction date. It’s still expected that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) will be tasked with regulating the system.

    PART 3 Online pornography

    14. Internet pornography: requirement to prevent access by persons under 18

    (1) A person contravenes this subsection if the person makes pornographic material available on the internet to persons in the United Kingdom on a commercial basis other than in a way that secures that, at any given time, the material is not normally accessible by persons under the age of 18.
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Once again big brother government is using the guise of (ready to all say...) "...its for the children" to smash privacy and is encourage private business to store what sites people can go on.

I already know 2 sites were credit card companies (and paypal) have disagreed with the subject of a website and refused them a way of accepting donations. Both of those sites werent of a pornographic nature. These credit card companies are already abusing their role.

Plus lets not forget, there used to be age verification on adult sites many years ago, and it was all abandoned as extremely illegal sites were piggy-backing on legal sites and it allowed very extreme sites to be able to have joint subscriptions, which then led to massive 'porn busts', only for it to come out how many fake credit card details were on the system. Thats why leaving age verification in the hands of credit card companies and their associated business partners was abandoned.

It now seems the government doesnt care as long as people are watched.

I am starting to ask serious questions about the government (of all parties).. this, along with them trying to cripple encryption, is the government trying to cause a disaster? There is only so many times we can pass them off as clueless or mad... when it keeps happening over and over.

Ronski:
It's not really going to stop children looking if they really want to its it,  mum or dads credit card is usually around somewhere, and they only need to photograph it once and they'd be able  use it for ages verification.  Unless further security factors are in place, which isn't usually the case.

Chrysalis:
its silly, kid gets on these sites by borrowing mummy or daddy's credit card, they hardly going to fail a credit card age verification check.

niemand:
People keep voting for authoritarian, illiberal parties. Last election they did so in record numbers. We get the politicians we vote for. People in the UK seem to really want to be told what to do.

phi2008:
Practically impossible to "block" access - the stuff is everywhere, porn sites, forums, commercial, non-commercial - we're in wishful thinking "evil bit" territory here.

If it were possible to actually block I'd support it, kids can have their minds perverted by the bottomless pit of thrills Internet pornography is - not the same as old style magazines at all - but it's not possible. Education is probably a better weapon.

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