The UK has spent over a decade attempting to regulate who can access adult content online and has failed, again and again. But things might just change, as OfCom, the country’s government-approved communication services regulator, has finally published its age checks guidance. How exactly, they’ll enforce that guidance is unclear, but baby steps.
The new obligations stem from the October 2023 Online Safety Act, which requires services to stop children from accessing pornographic content.
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