Ofcom Suggests Age Checks to Stop Children Accessing Online Porn

Online pornography services will be required to install “highly effective” age checks to protect children, Ofcom has announced. The regulator has produced draft guidance under the Online Safety Act for websites that display pornographic content. “Sites and apps that display or publish pornographic content must ensure that children are not normally able to encounter pornography on their service,” the guidance said. Age checks would include photo ID matching, facial age estimation, and credit card checks. This non-exhaustive list of methods is meant to strengthen checks that are not deemed effective enough, such as self-declaration of age and general disclaimers or warnings....