by All British porn sites will use “highly effective” age checks next month to offer children greater protection, the regulatory authority of OFCOM said.
Large providers such as Pornhub, Stripchat and Jerkmate have approved the stronger measures that apply to committed websites for adults as well as for social media, search or gaming services as part of the online security law (OSA).
Any company that does not comply with the checks by July 25th can be fined or not made available in Great Britain by a separation of court.
The platforms must also ensure that the measures do not affect adult privacy or prevent them from accessing legal content.
Age-security methods can include credit card tests, open banking or facial alter estimates to check or guess how old someone is.
The regulatory authority said: “The way these solutions are implemented in practice” will decide whether it will comply with the OSA.
After new OFOM research results had shown that 8% of the eight to 14-year-olds in Great Britain had visited an online porn page or app on smartphones, tablets or computers in one month.
At the beginning of this month, said OFCOM, a number of studies against 4chan, a porn pages operator and several platforms for sharing sharing started alleged failures to protect children after they received complaints about illegal activities and potential shared use of child abuse.
None of the services reacted to his legal information inquiries.
Oliver Griffiths, director of OFCOM Group’s online security, said: “Society has long been protected by protected young people of products that are not suitable for them, from alcohol to smoking or gambling.
“But for too long children were just a click of harmful pornography online.
“Now changes are happening.
“These age reviews will bring pornography into harmony with the treatment of adult services in the real world without affecting access and privacy for over 18 years.”
A report on the use and effectiveness of old -age security methods will be published by OFCOM next year.
Charity organizations welcomed the announcement, but said that the regulatory authority must properly enforce or even take up the measures.
Tim Cairns, online security guideline headed at Care, who used almost a decade for the age review, said: “Age review measures that prevent children from accessing pornography are long overdue.
“The use of porn is associated with sexual harassment in schools and violent sexual crimes. Studies also show their harmful effects on relationships and mental health.
