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Porn websites now require age verification in the UK: the privacy and security risks are numerous – Eerke Boiten

August 11, 2025 / / 0 Comments

As of July 25 2025, people in the UK accessing web services with pornographic content will have to prove they are over 18 years of age. This development has been in the works for a while. It was proposed in 2014 by the video-on-demand regulator, and legislated for introduction in 2019 through the British Board of Film Classification. Continue reading

Pornography, cyberbullying, and internet regulation – Eoin O’Dell

August 7, 2013 / / 0 Comments

TheJournal.ie PollThe image, right, shows the result of a poll on The Journal.ie which ran last Tuesday: the question was whether Ireland follow the UK’s lead in blocking online porn? And the results show a slight majority (54%) against doing so. This comes in the wake of proposals from UK Prime Minister David Cameron to compel internet service providers to block pornographic material by default. Continue reading

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