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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
User to user websites & sites where pornography is uploaded are now making preparations in order to ensure that they do not fall foul of the forthcoming age verification requirement.
These include verifying users themselves or outsourcing the function, blocking the UK from their service, closing down etc.
Although this is not endorsed by Ofcom (the regulator for these sites), this site does contain some useful information for those affected by this change:
OnlineSafetyAct.co.uk |
Meanwhile anyone who wants to access these sites once they become geoblocked, will do what every internet user who wants to evade a geoblock already does.
This legislation is a classic case of the government needing to be seen to Do Something, whether what they do addresses the problem or not.