Of course, the age verification thing kind of falls flat when you consider the large amount of sites that simply won't care, will be based outside the UK/in an

Of course, the age verification thing kind of falls flat when you consider the large amount of sites that simply won't care, will be based outside the UK/in an area that has no connection to its jurisdiction and will just offer the same content 'illegally'. That part likely makes much of this moot. So the legal providers will get punished, and the dodgy ones will just continue not giving a damn. Edit: Also, the comment on the article had an amusing 'alternative (that apparently Germany uses for some things): > having the postal service go to a (prospective) user's home and check their ID. Oh, the amount of ways that could be abused are endless