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Websites hosting pornographic content must have age verification for UK users

5 pointsby intunderflow4 months ago

2 comments

johnneville4 months ago
the title is a statement by Ofcom, which is the Office of Communications, the UK&#x27;s telecommunications regulator.<p>the statement says this will also apply to social media sites that allow pornography. i&#x27;m curious if that includes X.<p>they also say that facial age estimation will be an approved methodology. that strikes me a high potential solution that will be cheaper and faster than verified alternatives. however, i imagine it&#x27;s also trivial to defeat and much less accurate.
zeroonetwothree4 months ago
Interesting that a lot of the world is moving in this direction at the same time. Is it just part of the broader conservative cultural shift?