Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36200136)

Ok, so wouldn't that apply to the connection and not necessarily the person using it? With a mobile the person enabling that is pretty much always going to be the person using the handset. With a broadband connection the whole family would be using it. So adults would enable it meaning the kids would be able to access it too once it's been enabled on the connection?

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 36200140)

Good point well made hadn’t thought about that …..

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36200151)

Several porn sites now being investigated to see if they meet the required level of robust age checks.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36200151)

Several porn sites now being investigated to see if they meet the required level of robust age checks.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36200151)

Several porn sites now being investigated to see if they meet the required level of robust age checks.

Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36200154)

Comedy in its purest form.

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36200155)

It's not the porn sites which is the worrying thing, arguably they should be making sure only appropriate aged adults see their content anyway.


It's more the fact this covers more than porn sites even in its current form, any site where users interact with other users is in scope (including forums, and that's why sites like x, reddit, discord, bluesky have all gone into age verification) and that ultimately they could just block content to UK users (not just children) if the government deems that it needs expanding.


I've seen reports recently of some of the protesting and stuff which has been happening but where watching footage has been blocked to uk connections, which is a slippery slope. People shouldn't need a VPN to see content which the government doesn't like.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36200152)

"But mum - I was just checking to see if they had the required level of robust age checks!"

:D

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36200153)

And how do you know this ?

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36200151)

Several porn sites now being investigated to see if they meet the required level of robust age checks.

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36200155)

It's not the porn sites which is the worrying thing, arguably they should be making sure only appropriate aged adults see their content anyway.

It's more the fact this covers more than porn sites even in its current form, any site where users interact with other users is in scope (including forums, and that's why sites like x, reddit, discord, bluesky have all gone into age verification) and that ultimately they could just block content to UK users (not just children) if the government deems that it needs expanding.

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36200160)

Which takes about 10 seconds, load the site, do you get an age check. Done.

Of course, ofcom will turn it into weeks of work :rolleyes:

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Here is the problem.
If this was purely just for porn sites, I doubt so many people would care, but its been expanded way beyond this, and is just incredibly stupid now.
Many sites will not go into all the complication of age checks, and just do what some porn sites have already done, i.e. just block the UK completely.

Those that do age checks will lose many UK visitors as no matter how the goverment protests they are safe, people dont trust age check systems.
I am one of them, will not hand any personal details over to any of them, I'll just use a VPN where necessary (and no, I dont mean porn sites).

Its one of the most dumb and poorly thought out laws ever, it wont stop what they think it will, but will kill the UKs (direct) access to many parts of the net.

China, North Korea & Russia would be proud of such a system.

Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36200168)

*dealing with reports from members of the public*

Please Miss, I google searched images for Banana, you wouldn't believe what came up on my screen :D