The UK government has revived plans for pornography sites to verify the ages of all visitors. Similar plans were scrapped in 2019 over technical challenges and fears of loss of privacy.
Pornography websites will be required to verify that users in the UK are over 18 under proposed legislation, so that children cannot access their content.
This is not something we should be prolonging by instituting new restrictions on our freedoms of expression, speech and thought. It is vital to stand your ground and fight peacefully for freedom now, before it’s too late.
The Online Safety Bill will place new duties and responsibilities on online platforms accessible from the UK, but as it currently stands, it contains several grey areas.