Bureaucratic cockup leads to delay of age verification block on porn in the UK

theregister.co.uk

12 pointsedandersen2 comments

Why not just disallow free porn? Require everything available in the UK to be paid, for at least $1, via credit card. This will exclude children most simply.

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I used to work for a company that facilitated selling adult content on phones in the UK (why someone would pay a few quid for a 320x240 video I don't know). Even to access free samples you had to pass age verification, which required you to have a contract phone (not prepay).

In regards to credit cards this may work in the US, but in the UK (and the rest of Europe) a lot of people only have debit cards, not credit cards. These are accessible to minors, apparently as young as 8.

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