The UK government is ready to release the porn block law and is about to start on July 15, 2019. That means that anyone who wants to access a porn site after this date will be asked to proof that is aged 18 as long as he is living inside the UK.
This law is a form to protect children from porn according to the government.
There are a lot of polemics regarding the porn block law, how it will work and even if it is going to work.
What is porn block law?
This law blocks Internet users in the UK from websites with adult content (photos, videos or professional Perth escorts) if they don’t prove that they are aged 18. After the UK government passed the Digital Economy Act in 2017 they are not stopping with different forms to “clean up” the web.
What will happen?
After 15 July every porn website and websites like Skokka with Adelaide escorts must show to anyone that is visiting their site from a UK IP address a landing page that requires age proof. This landing page won’t go away until the visitor will show they’re over 18. Even if the visitor will change the site the loading page will show up again maybe in different appearance but it will request the same information.
And this block will be applied not only for websites like Skokka that contain adult images but for those with only audio or text too.
How to prove “ I am over 18”?
Porn block is creating a new industry for age checkers. The government has left this part to the hands of porn websites, or websites with beautiful Glasgow escorts ads like Skokka. They will be the one who will decide which method of age checkers is better for their site.
Some of the most known age checkers are Agechecked, AgeID, AgePass,1Account, Yoti, etc.
The safest way to verify the age is AgeChecked and this is the platform that Skokka will use for her visitors on the page. It is a London based, UK listed, company that provides online age verification solutions to various sectors throughout Europe and North America.
This platform gives a simple and secure age verification in a few steps. AgeChecked will verify the age with an app by credit cards and driving licenses and after it will give to proofed people a username and a password to confirm their identity in different adult websites.
One other way to prove age is AgeID, launched in 2015, it is designed to provide a secure age verification system for adult content websites in Germany. It does not track the sites its users’ access, what content was viewed or the time spent online.
The user first needs to verify their email address and after this, they must choose an age verification option like SMS, credit card, passport, or driving license.
All other options are based on credit cards, phone number, driving license or passport information except Yoti. This program is used in nightclubs and supermarkets as a method to verify a person’s age.
First, you need to download the Yoti app, then take a selfie, verify phone number and complete a test to prove that you are a real person and after this it needs a passport or driving license photo and it verifies that the person in the photo and in the government-issued passport or driving license is the same person and gives access to adult websites.
Is there a way to use adult websites without age proof?
It doesn’t need big knowledge of technology to avoid block porn law and loading pages requirement for age. The way this law is created only for the UK so this means if you use a different IP that shows that you have another location from the UK you can continue to have access to porn websites as long as you want without giving any personal information.
By using a VPN a user can make the website think that he is not in the UK.
In some cases, good VPN can also help in downloading latest songs which are not originally permitted in your region or country.
VPN or virtual private network is a security solution that grants users secure and private access to the internet. It achieves this by redirecting data through an anonymous server designed to hide the sensitive user information.
Anyone can get access to VPN by buying it (that is more secure) or for free.
Teenagers are not protected from block porn law as long as most of them are well informed of these tools and have installed them on their phones.
What do people think about porn block law in the UK?
People think that this law will not protect their children from porn and is not changing anything in society. This site will block porn website but social media like Twitter and Reddit is full of adult content images and videos and very easy to access. People believe that this law is only a way to collect their private information.
Only one month till 15 July 2019, maybe big changes are about to happen maybe nothing will happen. Children must be protected by porn first by their parents and families, then government politics remain to be seen if they will work or not.
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