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Originally Posted by Mr K
Most of these proposed safeguards would easily got round by tech savvy children, some adults might struggle though!
I wonder if there is genuine desire to enforce this, or its just words.They've been on about this for years ( like protecting renters from no fault evictions), but delivered nothing.
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I think so. When asked what would happen to websites that didn't comply she said that Ofcom would have a word with them. If this didn't work, compliance powers eg fines would be imposed. If this didn't work they would take steps to ensure that the site would no longer be accessible from the UK.
When asked about the possibility of people circumventing this she said that she accepts that this may be possible and that the legislation wasn't a golden bullet.
However, as most children tend to stumble onto pornography by accident, this should resolve most incidents.
When asked how those under 18 could be stopped from accessing pornography, she said that various methods were being looked at, including linking access to bank accounts (whilst maintaining privacy) and facial recognition to check someone looks over 18. No data would be stored, it would simply be used by adults to access pornographic sites and never retained.