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Mindgeek has an age verification product to comply with the UK law but by no means is in charge of age verification in the UK, there are several competitors wit

by brettz 8y ago

Mindgeek has an age verification product to comply with the UK law but by no means is in charge of age verification in the UK, there are several competitors with their own age verification products.

nailer 8y ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/porn-age-verification-tool-uk-announcement-pornhub-ageid-adult-content-websites-mindgeek-a8242476.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/porn-age-verificati... > AgeID, has been developed by MindGeek, a company that also owns several pornographic websites including Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn. > AgeID currently uses official documents such as driver's licences and passports to verify a person's age - but submitting a mobile number tied to a contract phone could be another option. > The tool is due to be implemented from April 2018 across all adult sites within the UK in accordance with The Digital Economy Act 2017 that was laid out by the government. It will be regulated by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).
- brettz 8y ago
  The third point is incorrect. It will be implemented on Mindgeek sites and any other sites that wish to use it instead of the competing age verification products.
- merinowool 8y ago
  Such site should be illegal. I find it extraordinary that government lets private company record such sensitive information.
  - wffurr 8y ago
    Now tell me how you feel about US credit rating agencies, which were started by former FBI agents after the FBI was restricted from keeping dossiers without cause.
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- LinuxBender 8y ago
  It would be so much less overhead to require adult sites and user content driven sites to simply add the RTA adult header and put the responsibility on parents to use parental control software. It looks like this: rating RTA-5042-1996-1400-1577-RTA and it can be sent via http headers, or embeded in web pages. Requiring people to register with PII is just asking for trouble.
  - TheCoelacanth 8y ago
    Yeah, but that doesn't allow them to slip in authoritarianism via the backdoor.
    - LinuxBender 8y ago
      Good point.

by brettz 8y ago

Mindgeek has an age verification product to comply with the UK law but by no means is in charge of age verification in the UK, there are several competitors with their own age verification products.

nailer 8y ago

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/porn-age-verification-tool-uk-announcement-pornhub-ageid-adult-content-websites-mindgeek-a8242476.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/porn-age-verificati... > AgeID, has been developed by MindGeek, a company that also owns several pornographic websites including Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn. > AgeID currently uses official documents such as driver's licences and passports to verify a person's age - but submitting a mobile number tied to a contract phone could be another option. > The tool is due to be implemented from April 2018 across all adult sites within the UK in accordance with The Digital Economy Act 2017 that was laid out by the government. It will be regulated by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

brettz 8y ago
The third point is incorrect. It will be implemented on Mindgeek sites and any other sites that wish to use it instead of the competing age verification products.
merinowool 8y ago
Such site should be illegal. I find it extraordinary that government lets private company record such sensitive information.
- wffurr 8y ago
  Now tell me how you feel about US credit rating agencies, which were started by former FBI agents after the FBI was restricted from keeping dossiers without cause.
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LinuxBender 8y ago
It would be so much less overhead to require adult sites and user content driven sites to simply add the RTA adult header and put the responsibility on parents to use parental control software. It looks like this: rating RTA-5042-1996-1400-1577-RTA and it can be sent via http headers, or embeded in web pages. Requiring people to register with PII is just asking for trouble.
- TheCoelacanth 8y ago
  Yeah, but that doesn't allow them to slip in authoritarianism via the backdoor.
  - LinuxBender 8y ago
    Good point.