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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern

Porn sites are not doing enough to protect children, warns Ofcom

Child's hand using a laptop computer.
Many sites ask only that visitors self-declare they are over 18, said Ofcom. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Porn sites are not doing enough to protect children, Ofcom has warned, with few bothering to do more than ask for visitors to self-declare that they are over 18.

Among the 19 video-sharing sites that the regulator has oversight of, OnlyFans is the only adult-focused site to have responded to regulation by adopting age verification for viewers, using a series of tools to keep children from signing up.

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