Users may be asked to prove they own a credit card or confirm their age, under new UK rules.
Porn websites in the UK will be legally required to verify the age of their users under new internet safety laws.
Announcing the age verification plans, Digital Economy Minister Chris Philp said: "Parents deserve peace of mind that their children are protected online from seeing things no child should see."As well as being able to fine websites that do not follow the rules, the regulator Ofcom could block them from being accessible in the UK.
"It's right the government has listened to calls to fix one of the gaps in the Online Safety Bill and protect children from pornography wherever it's hosted," he said. When the first draft of the Online Safety Bill was announced last year, campaigners were shocked it did not contain these long-promised checks.It will be up to companies to decide how best to comply with the new rules, but Ofcom may recommend the use of certain age verification technologies.
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