The United Kingdom will be the first country to set up an age check on pornographic sites – 17/04/2019

United Kingdom will be the first country in the world to introduce mandatory age verification mechanisms for badgraphic websites, to prevent the access of minor users, once a new regulation that will regulate what type of pages will come into effect.

The new regulation will come into force on July 15 and has been approved by the UK Ministry of Digital Affairs, Culture, Media and Sports. Forces Internet badgraphy business providers to implement "robust" age verification mechanisms to ensure their users they are 18 years old or older.

This measure aims to protect older Internet users from less than adequate contentaccording to the official body in a statement, and enjoys the support of 88% of parents of children aged 7 to 17 years.

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The British Board of Film Clbadification (BBFC), the entity dedicated to the age clbadification of movies and video games in the UK, has created a voluntary Digital Age Certificate (CVA) for bad site users.

The BBFC will be the body responsible for ensuring compliance with the regulations. For their part, websites, in addition to introducing age verification mechanisms, can opt for the certificate issued by the entity after an independent review and represented by a green badge with the acronym AV. The details of the websites that use it will be published on the BBFC website.

As the Department of Digital Affairs, Culture, Media and Sports has explained, there is a large amount of badgraphic content on the Internet. little or no protection this ensures that those who have access to it are old enough to do it. "" Adult content online is easily accessible currently, "said Secretary of State for Digital Affairs Margot James.

This ability to access badgraphic content online "changes the understanding of young people healthy relationships, bad and consent", Therefore, the government has implemented the new legislation" to combat this change in attitude and ensure that what is unacceptable "offline" is unacceptable "online" ".

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In this sense, age verification mechanisms do not involve entering a date of birth or clicking on a box. Mechanisms available include the ability to use online identity documents such as credit cards or pbadports, mobile phones without parental filters, and the purchase of an access card at a physical store where "the verification will be done face to face". "

With this measure, the UK becomes the "first country in the world to introduce age verification for badgraphy" online, "they said in the statement. Pornographic sites that do not conform to the new regulations of July 15th will be exposed to receive penalties, among which are the withdrawal of their payment services or blocking for users in the UK.

Source: agencies