Pornography websites serving the United Kingdom
could soon be forced to prove that users are of an adult age under new
laws announced by the British Government.
In a statement Monday, the government said that by April 2018, anyone in the U.K. looking to access online pornography will have to prove they are an adult.
According to reports, porn websites will have to install age-verification software similar to gambling websites, or risk being heavily fined as part of a new Digital Economy Act.
Companies breaking the rules set out in the Digital Economy Act face being blocked by their internet provider.
Will Gardner, chief executive of internet safety charity Childnet, said the measures would help prevent young people from accessing content that could be upsetting.
"Protecting children from exposure, including accidental exposure, to adult content is incredibly important, given the effect it can have on young people," he said in the press release Monday.
A 2016 study by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) said that 48 percent of 11- to 16-year-olds it questioned had viewed online pornography.
Source:http://www.cnbc.com
In a statement Monday, the government said that by April 2018, anyone in the U.K. looking to access online pornography will have to prove they are an adult.
According to reports, porn websites will have to install age-verification software similar to gambling websites, or risk being heavily fined as part of a new Digital Economy Act.
Companies breaking the rules set out in the Digital Economy Act face being blocked by their internet provider.
Will Gardner, chief executive of internet safety charity Childnet, said the measures would help prevent young people from accessing content that could be upsetting.
"Protecting children from exposure, including accidental exposure, to adult content is incredibly important, given the effect it can have on young people," he said in the press release Monday.
A 2016 study by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) said that 48 percent of 11- to 16-year-olds it questioned had viewed online pornography.
Source:http://www.cnbc.com
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