The UK will begin implementing online age check rules

A UK law that requires porn websites to confirm that users’ age has come into effect on Friday.

The BBC reports Approximately 6,000 porn sites check the age of users, Online Safety Lawat least one major site did not require age checks as of Friday morning.

The law also requires that online platforms prevent children from being exposed to harmful content, so the site is Like RedditBluesky, X, and Grindr are beginning to ask UK users to confirm their age through means such as selfies and government-issued IDs.

This is just one of the new Child Protection Acts that will globally normalize online age checks. According to Wired. The approach is Criticized by the group E-frontier Foundation as a threat to online privacy and anonymity – certainly, it’s worth noting Recent Violations of Dating Safety Appties,Many of the affected images were selfies and digital IDs uploaded for account verification.

Some internet users may try Avoid age checks Use a fake ID, video game character selfies, or a VPN.