"Don't lie to us, one of the regulators told a room full of pornography site owners and employees during a lunchtime presentation explaining the new age verification requirements introduced in July as part of the act's measures to stop children seeing pornography. Be honest and open. If your measures are not good enough yet, put that on your risk assessment."
"Delegates, some drinking free champagne provided by conference sponsors, asked anxious questions. What if a company could not afford to install age verification? How big would the fines be? Could sites avoid having to comply by blocking UK traffic? Was Ofcom aware that rival site owners might be trying to sabotage competitors' businesses by tipping off the regulator about non-compliance?"
"We exist to help you, another Ofcom regulator said to the audience of about 50 men and seven women. It's hard. There are many, many things you need to know, but we exist to help members of the adult industry with compliance. Seven weeks since the introduction of the Online Safety Act, Ofcom's regulators want to tell a positive story about the pornography industry's response to the legislation."
Ofcom regulators visited an international adult industry conference in Prague to encourage compliance with the Online Safety Act's age verification measures introduced in July. Regulators urged pornography site owners to be honest about safeguards and to record shortcomings in risk assessments. Delegates asked about costs, fines, blocking UK traffic, and potential sabotage via reports of non-compliance. Ofcom framed the rollout as largely successful, stating all top 10 and most top 100 adult sites had either introduced age checks or blocked UK access. Social platforms allowing pornographic content also deployed age assurance, and visits to leading verification sites rose markedly.
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