Age Verification: The Fact Is, Nobody Wants to Show Their Passport to a Porn Site

Age verification: The fact is, nobody wants to show their passport to a porn site

Governments are moving from finger-wagging to mandates on adult content

Event Recap: Age Verification and the Future of Online Safety: Balancing Privacy, Protection, and Practicality

The Innovators Network hosted a webinar, Age Verification and the Future of Online Safety, featuring an expert panel including: Eric Goldman, Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and Co-director of the High Tech Law Institute; Shoshana Weissmann, Director of Digital Media and Resident Fellow of Technology and Innovation at the R Street Institute; Juan Martín Londoño, Chief Regulatory Analyst at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance; an…

Porn websites now require age verification in the UK: the privacy and security risks are numerous – Eerke Boiten

As of July 25 2025, people in the UK accessing web services with pornographic content will have to prove they are over 18 years of age. This development has been in the works for a while. It was proposed in 2014 by the video-on-demand regulator, and legislated for introduction in 2019 through the British Board of Film Classification. It is of course important to stop children from accessing inappropriate material online. But, as often with techn…