Age verification
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Digital Economy Bill
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Image-based sexual abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Australian government wants to link facial recognition to watching porn… what could go wrong?!
The Australian Department of Home Affairs is proposing facial recognition technology linked to government identity documents as a mechanism for age verification before accessing online pornography. The article contextualizes this against the UK's recent
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UK’s controversial porn block plans could come into force sooner under no-deal Brexit
The UK's mandatory Age Verification measures for online pornography could come into force sooner than expected if the UK exits the EU without a formal Withdrawal Agreement, as a No-Deal Brexit would void the
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UK ‘porn block’ to start July 15
The UK's DCMS announced that the government's age verification 'porn block' will go into effect on July 15, 2019, requiring all pornographic websites serving UK users to implement BBFC-accredited age verification systems. The article
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Watching female-centric porn can be educational for under 30s (but the UK’s still making access harder for everyone)
A Chinese study by sexual wellness companies Yummy and Taqu found that under-30s benefit educationally from watching female-centric pornography, with the majority aware of differences between porn and real sex. The article contrasts these
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UK ‘porn ban’ to start in just a few weeks, and there’s still no plan to protect personal data
The UK's Digital Economy Act age verification requirements are set to take effect around April 1, but the BBFC is developing privacy standards for AV providers without public consultation or input from privacy groups.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage As 2019 approaches, there’s still no answer to who will be in charge of UK’s porn database
As 2018 closes, the UK's Digital Economy Act age verification requirements have been delayed again to April 2019, with no clarity on which regulatory body will oversee user data protection. Obscenity lawyer Myles Jackman
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UN expert says UK’s porn plans may break human rights law
UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye has criticized the UK's Digital Economy Bill, warning that its age verification requirements and content restrictions may violate international human rights law. The bill would create a government-authorized database
