Online Safety Bill Etc

[Stephen]

Or they are just finding alternative sources that either don't track or dont give that sort of info.

[Carth]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I assume you're referring to this latest (age verification) implementation of the Act.

Incidentally, since this was introduced, traffic to porn sites has plummeted, so it seems that rather than verify their age or work around the requirement, most just aren't bothering with porn anymore.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc...7n9k54qz2o.amp

Taken from that BBC page:

The number of people in the UK visiting the most popular pornography sites has decreased sharply since enhanced age verification rules came into place, new figures indicate.

That's probably because those viewing in the UK are now, miraculously, viewing from Albania, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Romania, Turkey etc etc

[Stephen]

The best check would be seeing how much increased traffic those other countries have had.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Stephen

The best check would be seeing how much increased traffic those other countries have had.

And why would they provide that

[Stephen]

I didn't t
Say they would. However if those most common VPN countries should increased porn activities then its clear what is happening. Rather than simply saying, oh look UK porn site activity is dropped.

[Jaymoss]

For shits and giggles I went to a website that uses yoti and tried the age estimation using a camera and it simple does not work anyway. Just a spinning estimating age wait page.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Incidentally, since this was introduced, traffic to porn sites has plummeted, so it seems that rather than verify their age or work around the requirement, most just aren't bothering with porn anymore.

The number of people in the UK visiting the most popular pornography sites has decreased sharply since enhanced age verification rules came into place, new figures indicate.

Thats the point of VPNs, they dont appear to be from the UK anymore.

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Btw, do you really think those 1 million visitors were underage ?

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Paul

Thats the point of VPNs, they dont appear to be from the UK anymore.

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Btw, do you really think those 1 million visitors were underage ?

Is possibly the more pertinent question with regards to this topic.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Paul

Thats the point of VPNs, they dont appear to be from the UK anymore.

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Btw, do you really think those 1 million visitors were underage ?

Not all of them no, I suspect that some will be adults who can't be bothered verifying their age, aren't able to do so or don't feel comfortable passing personal details onto a porn site who have decided to go down the VPN route instead.

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Originally Posted by Carth

Taken from that BBC page:


That's probably because those viewing in the UK are now, miraculously, viewing from Albania, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Romania, Turkey etc etc

Good point.

Re: The earlier rumour that the Government was thinking of banning the use of VPN's. The answer is no and it won't matter too much as not many children actively seek out inappropriate material, it finds them:

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/pe...eadmore-target

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Not all of them no, I suspect that some will be adults who can't be bothered verifying their age, aren't able to do so or don't feel comfortable passing personal details onto a porn site who have decided to go down the VPN route instead.

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Good point.

Re: The earlier rumour that the Government was thinking of banning the use of VPN's. The answer is no and it won't matter too much as not many children actively seek out inappropriate material, it finds them:

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/pe...eadmore-target

Of course the government won’t ban VPN’s there’s significant legitimate usage.

And how does inappropriate material find them? Does it sneak into a cage and replace hamster with xhamster ? And then xhamster sends subliminal messages whilst it’s drinking from the bottle going ‘look at me, look at me’

Children are inherently inquisitive and very prone to peer pressure , that can only be managed by parenting, you can have all the technical plans that you like but, without good parenting they will be doomed to fail.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Stephen

I didn't t
Say they would. However if those most common VPN countries should increased porn activities then its clear what is happening. Rather than simply saying, oh look UK porn site activity is dropped.

Not saying you did , my question was/is how would that be done

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Of course the government won’t ban VPN’s there’s significant legitimate usage.

It would not matter if they did.
As I said before, all you need is a proxy server, easy to set up and use (and share).

[nffc]

https://x.com/Awk20000/status/1956890792204857543


Guess we shall see where that one ends up...

What we have said all along, they have no power over other countries, they're just delusional.

[OLD BOY]

Does Virgin Media allow the use of VPNs on its system?