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Pages tagged "UK"


Big News! Multinational takedown of Steam’s rape/incest simulation game No Mercy

Posted on News by Collective Shout · April 11, 2025 2:09 PM · 1 reaction

Canada + UK follow Australia to remove No Mercy from gaming platform - but there's still more to do!

Big news! Due to amazing global support - and in just three days - Canada and the UK have followed Australia in getting 3D rape and incest simulation game No Mercy pulled from gaming giant Steam.

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Collective Shout in UK: MTR + Caitlin Roper to speak at FiLiA conference

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Submission to the Open Consultation on Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2021 to 2024 (UK)

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UK age-verification has kids – and parents - at heart

Posted on News by Lyn Kennedy · May 12, 2019 10:42 PM

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UK age-verification for online pornography to begin in July

Posted on News by Caitlin Roper · April 23, 2019 7:00 PM

The UK will become the first country in the world to bring in age-verification for online pornography when the measures come into force on 15 July 2019.

  • Porn sites must check age of users or risk facing sanctions
  • New approach is the first of its kind in the world, and puts in place the same protections that exist offline
  • Stricter measures in place to protect users’ data and privacy 

The UK will become the first country in the world to bring in age-verification for online pornography when the measures come into force on 15 July 2019. 

It means that commercial providers of online pornography will be required by law to carry out robust age-verification checks on users, to ensure that they are 18 or over. The move is backed by 88% of UK parents with children aged 7-17, who agree there should be robust age-verification controls in place to stop children seeing pornography online

Websites that fail to implement age-verification technology face having payment services withdrawn or being blocked for UK users.

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the new laws. They have confirmed that they will begin enforcement on 15 July, following an implementation period to allow websites time to comply with the new standards.

Minister for Digital Margot James said:

Adult content is currently far too easy for children to access online. The introduction of mandatory age-verification is a world-first, and we’ve taken the time to balance privacy concerns with the need to protect children from inappropriate content. We want the UK to be the safest place in the world to be online, and these new laws will help us achieve this.

Government has listened carefully to privacy concerns and is clear that age-verification arrangements should only be concerned with verifying age, not identity. In addition to the requirement for all age-verification providers to comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standards, the BBFC have created a voluntary certification scheme, the Age-verification Certificate (AVC), which will assess the data security standards of AV providers. The AVC has been developed in cooperation with industry, with input from government.

Certified age-verification solutions which offer these robust data protection conditions will be certified following an independent assessment and will carry the BBFC’s new green ‘AV’ symbol. Details will also be published on the BBFC’s age-verification website, ageverificationregulator.com so consumers can make an informed choice between age-verification providers.

BBFC Chief Executive David Austin said:

The introduction of age-verification to restrict access to commercial pornographic websites to adults is a ground breaking child protection measure. Age-verification will help prevent children from accessing pornographic content online and means the UK is leading the way in internet safety.

On entry into force, consumers will be able to identify that an age-verification provider has met rigorous security and data checks if they carry the BBFC’s new green ‘AV’ symbol.

The change in law is part of the Government’s commitment to making the UK the safest place in the world to be online, especially for children. It follows last week’s publication of the Online Harms White Paper which set out clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep UK citizens safe online, how these responsibilities should be met and what would happen if they are not.

Read the full media release here. 

Collective Shout is calling for implementation of the UK age-verification laws here in Australia.

See also:

Speech: Home Secretary launches Online Harms White Paper

Online Harms White Paper


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