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UK Porn Age Verification Is Here – But What If We’re Sending Teens Somewhere Worse?


The move aims to protect children. Here's what parents need to know.

Explaining further, he suggested stricter age checks “will inevitably lead to teenagers attempting to access adult material on the increasing number of smaller, more fringe websites that are not subject to the same internal safeguards as the porn giants”. James Baker of the Open Rights Group agrees and said he is “worried that children and young people who attempt to bypass age checks may inadvertently expose themselves to greater online harms”. “As the online world continues to rapidly change, it’s important for parents and education workers to stay up to date with the latest slang and apps in order to spot the signs of inappropriate behaviour,” said Round.

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