UK gov to ban porn sites that don't verify users' age

[cupid_stunt]

Well, the April 2018 deadline is almost here, interesting article on the Wired site:

The UK will block online porn from April. Here's what we know | WIRED UK

 

[Gromit]

That article asks will it work?

No.

Children will use foreign proxy servers to browse porn instead.

I expect a new market of "get around the UK block" software to appear.

Porn will find a way.

 

[Yossarian]

That article asks will it work?

No.

I will use foreign proxy servers to browse porn instead.

I expect a new market of "get around the UK block" software to appear.

I will find a way.

CTFY.

 

[ruffneck23]

That article asks will it work?

No.

Children will use foreign proxy servers to browse porn instead.

I expect a new market of "get around the UK block" software to appear.

Porn will find a way.

All you need is a vpn, plenty of free ones out there

 

[Gromit]

All you need is a vpn, plenty of free ones out there

I already said that. Although I was more specific.

A VPN connected to a foreign server. No point vpn'ing to a UK server

 

[existentialist]

Well, the April 2018 deadline is almost here, interesting article on the Wired site:

The UK will block online porn from April. Here's what we know | WIRED UK

Won't people just use porn sites outside UK jurisdictions? Or is the plan to block all suspected porn traffic from any site?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Won't people just use porn sites outside UK jurisdictions? Or is the plan to block all suspected porn traffic from any site?

The plan is to block sites that don't comply, with big fines for the ISPs if they don't block the sites.

 

[salem]

Realistically, it's not currently possible to completely block access on the internet to anything there's a demand for (at least, without getting ridiculously draconian).

That's what worries me about this as well as all the other unrealistic promises made by politicians - brexit of course being the other big one at the moment. They put forward a simple premise and get votes based on it being seemingly simple and then when it isn't so simple in practice rather then admit that or back down they ramp up the plan - going more draconian.

 

[Gromit]

Do they classify any site carrying a pornographic image such as well Urban75?

What about site carrying 3rd party advertising?
Those ad providers could one day send porn ads to your site? Does that mean you now require age verification?

 

[Gromit]

CTFY.

They aren't seeking to protect me from porn though are they so my post is the relevant one and your corrections have made it irrelevant so Fail.

 

[Yossarian]

They aren't seeking to protect me from porn though are they so my post is the relevant one and your corrections have made it irrelevant so Fail.

Yeah, I should probably have just told you to go and fuck yourself.

 

[existentialist]

The plan is to block sites that don't comply, with big fines for the ISPs if they don't block the sites.

Ah. So the ISPs are tied into this. We've been here before, haven't we? And I don't remember that working very well, either...

 

[Gromit]

Ah. So the ISPs are tied into this. We've been here before, haven't we? And I don't remember that working very well, either...

It's just turns into a case of chase the domain changes when it comes to movies streaming sites.

123 movies has lots of domains. It's current UK unblocked one is russian. When that gets a UK block their Twitter feed tells you within days of their new domain.

How many movie streaming sites are there compared to porn sites?
Less than a 5th of the number?
Less than 1%?

The resources really will be inadequate thinking about it.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

So now people will need a special porn credit card as well as a special porn browser, is it?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Well, the April 2018 deadline is almost here, interesting article on the Wired site:

Well they missed that deadline, now they are saying it's coming in this April, 2019.

Masturbation is about to get a lot more fiddly from April this year – with all porn sites requiring credit card details or government-issued ID.
Plan to require ID for all online porn from April ‘to go ahead’ | Metro News

Users will need to provide ID, either in the form of credit cards, driver’s licences, or special cards purchased from shops.

There’s likely to be several companies offering age verification systems, with 60,000 shops in Britain will offer Age Verification cards (based on shopkeeper’s assessment), which should be on offer before April.

 

[Pickman's model]

Well they missed that deadline, now they are saying it's coming in this April, 2019.

Sure it's been asked but what will they do with vpns?

 

[19sixtysix]

So now people will need a special porn credit card as well as a special porn browser, is it?

You mean opera with it's inbuilt region selectable VPN

 

[cupid_stunt]

Sure it's been asked but what will they do with vpns?

They probably haven't thought of that, and it could well be part of the reason for Pornhub launching their own VPN.

Pornhub launches its own VPN

 

[19sixtysix]

Sure it's been asked but what will they do with vpns?

Nothing or else they'll have to ban encryption and their finance friends might just have something to say about it.

 

[Gromit]

Well they missed that deadline, now they are saying it's coming in this April, 2019.

The Register: UK sees 450% increase in external harddrive sales as downloaders seek to beat the porn deadline

 

[Supine]

"Masturbation is about to get a lot more fiddly from April this year"

 

[cupid_stunt]

"Masturbation is about to get a lot more fiddly from April this year"

That did make me smile, as does this article:

Porn age verification law is coming in April to choke grot site easy access | TheINQUIRER

Online filth flicks fans will just have to swallow the verification process - porn fans will soon have to prove they're old enough to bash one out to online grot flicks and pics - porn sites will have to swallow the need to impose proper age checks for people looking to pleasure themselves

That'll be an unwelcome pain in the backside for porn sites, but it could also give some porn fans blue balls (so to speak) as they grapple to verify their age.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

There’s likely to be several companies offering age verification systems, with 60,000 shops in Britain will offer Age Verification cards (based on shopkeeper’s assessment), which should be on offer before April.

Are the verification cards solely for porn sites? That would make asking for one in a shop slightly awkward.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Are the verification cards solely for porn sites? That would make asking for one in a shop slightly awkward.

I, er, need to buy a kitchen knife, yes, that’s it...

 

[Yossarian]

I, er, need to buy a kitchen knife, yes, that’s it...

"ID verification supervisor to aisle 11 please, there's a guy who says he wants one of those wanker cards to buy a knife."

 

[brogdale]

This doesn't seem like it'll be much of a vote winner for the tories?

 

[Raheem]

It could also lead to them losing a chunk of their target advertising audience for campaign videos.

 

[brogdale]

It could also lead to them losing a chunk of their target advertising audience for campaign videos.

Not wrong there; if you use the words arab girls on Barwell's social media he will block you.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

This doesn't seem like it'll be much of a vote winner for the tories?

If you’re a Tory everyone knows you’re a wanker, so no biggie.

 

[brogdale]

If you’re a Tory everyone knows you’re a wanker, so no biggie.

no biggie