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Bureaucratic cockup leads to delay of age verification block on porn in the UK
- Creationer 7y agoWhy 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.
- fyfy18 7y agoThis comment was dead. I vouched for it as the comment has substance and this is HN - please don't downvote just because you disagree. 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. https://osper.com/ https://osper.com/
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