Tories plan credit card checks for porn websites from next year

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by KK » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:31 pm

BBC News wrote:People in the UK will have to prove they are 18 before being allowed to access pornography websites from next year, the government is to announce.

Websites will be legally required to install age verification controls by April 2018 as part of a move to make the internet safer for children.

Users may be asked to provide credit card details, as gambling websites do.

Companies breaking the rules set out in the Digital Economy Act face being blocked by their internet provider.

Under the plans, firms supplying payment and other services to the pornography websites could be notified about any breach.

A regulatory body will be asked to oversee and enforce the new rules.

It is thought this could be the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) which already sets age limits for films.

The BBFC used to rate the suitability of computer games for certain ages but Pan European Game Information (PEGI) now does this.

'Most robust protection'

Digital minister Matt Hancock will formally begin the process, which was the subject of a 2016
consultation during David Cameron's government, in a written statement to the Commons later.
Mr Hancock said: "All this means that while we can enjoy the freedom of the web, the UK will have the most robust internet child protection measures of any country in the world."

Will Gardner from internet safety charity Childnet said: "Steps like this to help restrict access, alongside the provision of free parental controls and education, are key."

An NSPCC report in 2016 said online pornography could damage a child's development and decision-making and had been seen by 65% of 15-16 year olds and 48% of 11-16 year olds.

The study found 28% of children may have stumbled across pornography while browsing, while 19% had searched for it deliberately.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40628909

This is so poorly thought out it's hard to know where to even begin...

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by Lagamorph » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:32 pm

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PostRe: Tories plan credit card checks for porn websites from next year
by That » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:45 pm

:lol: Amazing. A part of me is glad they're wasting time with this completely intractable nonsense - I look forward to finding out how they're going to even begin to try to enforce this - but I suspect it will lead to worse 'regulations' down the line. :(

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PostRe: Tories plan credit card checks for porn websites from next year
by That » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:48 pm

Also, why are 'conservatives' always so obsessed with porn? Is it something to do with repressed urges, like how the Catholic Church seems to have more than its fair share of dodgy priests?

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by jawafour » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:54 pm

Karl wrote: :lol: Amazing....

Karl, will you be implementing similar measures for GRcade content? I guess that you'll need my credit card details if I want to view live Wii U Gamepad action?

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by KK » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:55 pm

Two experts who advised the government on its plans have expressed reservations about both how quickly the scheme is being rolled out and its wider implications.

"It seems to me to be a very premature date," commented Dr Victoria Nash, lead author of a report commissioned in the run-up to the law being drafted.

"The idea you can get a regulatory body up and running in that timeframe seems extraordinary to me.

"And while I don't have a problem with asking these companies to act responsibly, I don't see it as a solution to stopping minors seeing pornography."

This, she explained, was because the Act does not tackle the fact that services including Twitter and Tumblr contain hardcore pornography but will not be required to introduce age-checks. Nor, she added, would teens be prevented from sharing copied photos and clips among themselves.

"It may make it harder for children to stumble across pornography, especially in the younger age range, but it will do nothing to stop determined teenagers," Dr Nash concluded.

One cyber-security expert on the same advisory panel was more critical.

"The timeline is unrealistic - but beyond that, this is one of the worst proposals I have seen on digital strategy," said Dr Joss Wright from the Oxford Internet Institute.

"There are hundreds of thousands of websites where this material can be accessed and you are not going to catch all of those.

"There's privacy issues - you're requiring people to effectively announce the fact they are looking at this material to the credit card authorities.
"And there's serious security issues from requiring people to enter their credit card details into untrusted sites.

"They may well say there will be other magical ways to do the age check, but I very much doubt they will be non-discriminatory [against adults without credit cards], transparent, privacy-preserving and secure for end-users."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40630582

It's just another ill thought out, rushed government policy.

VPN usage is already rising year-on-year to access blocked content, this will be no different.

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by That » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:05 pm

jawafour wrote:
Karl wrote: :lol: Amazing....

Karl, will you be implementing similar measures for GRcade content? I guess that you'll need my credit card details if I want to view live Wii U Gamepad action?

Just send me all your account details & passwords and I'll make sure you're always able to access Mario Kart Mondays. :toot:

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by KK » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:10 pm

It wasn't that long ago this government forced through the ISP 'porn filter'...

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by Albert » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:10 pm

Users may be asked to provide credit card details, as gambling websites do.


so just a bit of reporter conjecture then?

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by Lotus » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:11 pm

I don't think the government actually knows how the internet works. So many discussions seem to be had or policy ideas created that just don't make sense and aren't workable.

Anyway, on this one, from what I understand it's only UK sites that it would apply to. I don't know what proportion of porn sites are UK-based, but I'd wager it's a drop in the ocean. Don't see how this stops little Timmy wandering onto pornhub.

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by Moggy » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:12 pm

We voted out of the EU so we could return to Puritan England. :datass:

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by Qikz » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:17 pm

Credit Card Fraud will skyrocket.

People are too stupid to understand what's legimate and what isn't. Suddenly those popups asking for credit card information will catch out a hell of a lot more horny people.

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by KK » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:19 pm

Lotus wrote:I don't think the government actually knows how the internet works. So many discussions seem to be had or policy ideas created that just don't make sense and aren't workable.

Anyway, on this one, from what I understand it's only UK sites that it would apply to. I don't know what proportion of porn sites are UK-based, but I'd wager it's a drop in the ocean. Don't see how this stops little Timmy wandering onto pornhub.

This plans to go a step further and force ISPs to block non compliant websites (such as they do currently with torrents and piracy).

A more realistic proposal would be to give your ISP your credit card details (which they may have already) and have a filter turned off. But then ISPs have your name, age and address anyway.

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PostRe: Tories plan credit card checks for porn websites from next year
by Ironhide » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:43 pm

I get all my porn from a quick Google image search, how can they add a credit card check to that?

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PostRe: Tories plan credit card checks for porn websites from next year
by That » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:52 pm

They can't. They will never be able to stop little Timmy typing 'boobies' into Google Image Search so why even try? It's a parenting problem that doesn't need a state solution.

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by Preezy » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:53 pm

I just type what I'm after into Piratebay and download a smattering of videos.

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by Errkal » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:53 pm

You know what they should do, they should make sure that ISP's give the option to block boobs and that on your connection if you to, maybe call it parental controls or something.

It is the parent's job to stop their kids looking at cocks and vag not the governments to block everyone "just in case" it is a kid.

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by KK » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:05 pm

Not to get all yanky conspiracy theory on yo ass, but I'm sure many people probably think this has nothing to do with blocking porn at all, and rather something more sinister, either from the government or the porn websites themselves (with most being controlled by just 3 or 4 companies, 1 of which is apparently in favour of the move). Getting people's details is the holy grail from everybody. This is just another means by which to track what you're up to.

But as we've seen with everyone from Sony to Ashley Madison, any sort of database or log is great for hackers and blackmailers...

What could possibly go wrong.

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