Age Verification
Ratcliff on Age-Verification Debate at Parliament
The U.K. government sees value in the development of an industry-sponsored route for age verification and the adult business should rally behind the Digital Policy Alliance and British Standards Institution in support of this, according to Chris Ratcliff, managing director of Portland Broadcasting Ltd., which offers pay-per-view and subscription TV services.
APN Slates U.K. Age-Verification Networking Event
The Adult Provider Network, in association with sponsors Intelligent ID, Callcredit and W2 Global Data, has planned to present a U.K. networking event next month to connect adult webmasters, video-on-demand operators and broadcasters with identity, age-verification and payment solution providers.
The Increasing Push for Online Age Verification
It is a decades-old problem facing the online adult entertainment industry: how to effectively prevent minors from viewing age-inappropriate material — a process that is especially problematic given the global nature of the Internet, and where many players see it as a problem caused by poor parenting — rather than being a responsibility for pornographers to undertake.
Conservatives Vow Strict Age Verification for U.K., Overseas Porn Sites
Internet service providers in the U.K. would be forced to block all online adult sites that fail to include effective age verification if the Conservative Party is returned to power at the general election next month.
ATVOD Charges DaisyRockUK.com, SheBang.tv With Age-Verification Violations
ATVOD, the U.K. video-on-demand authority charged with requiring VOD operators to make sure those under 18 can't access hardcore porn, has acted against two U.K. porn sites — solo-girl site DaisyRockUK.com and live-cam site SheBang.tv.
U.K. Lawmakers Planning to Force Age Verification
The U.K. government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is planning to make age verification mandatory for all adult websites.
ASACP Attends Age Verification Conference
The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection has announced its participation in an age verification conference in London.
VeriMe Mobile Age Verification Service Launches
VeriMe is a simple and secure online adult age verification (AV) solution available for mobile phones.
Portland TV in Age Verification Deal with Veridu
Television X parent Portland TV has announced a deal with London-based identity specialist, Veridu, in the run-up to Friday’s XBIZ EU debate on the pros and cons of online age verification.
ASACP Clarifies Stance on ATVOD’s Age-Verification Initiative
The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection has released a press release clarifying its stance on ATVOD’s push to mandate age-verification systems for adult oriented websites.
Britain Proposing Age Verification for All Porn Sites
A new law in Great Britain may force users accessing any porn sites porn to verify that they’re 18 years of age if a new government proposal is adopted.
ATVOD Proposes to License Adult Sites for Age Verification
Under a new ATVOD proposal, U.K. processors would be forbidden to handle credit and debit card fees for premium services from U.K. citizens to sites that aren’t registered and licensed.
Counting on Age Verification
If you run an adult website, you likely have heard by now that U.K. regulatory body ATVOD (Authority for Television On Demand) is pursuing websites without proper age verification systems in place (including non-U.K. based adult websites), leveling heavy fines and seeking to block payment to these sites by pushing for new banking laws.
Thorny Issue With Age-Verification Laws
Recent changes to federal online age verification legislation is spurring marketers of adult oriented materials to take a new look at the ongoing problems and the questionable solutions to this hot-button issue — and at how one problem so readily begets another...
11 U.K. Porn Sites Found to Have Violated Age-Verification Rules
ATVOD, the authority that regulates video-on-demand in the U.K., has disclosed that three U.K. online adult companies were determined to have violated Rule 11, which requires that website operators make sure those under 18 can't access hardcore porn.
Twitter's Vine Adds Age Verification Barrier
Not taking any chances that porn might leak to unsuspecting viewers, Twitter’s Vine video-sharing service has added an over-17 age verification barrier for possible adult material.
Backpage Wins TRO Over Wash. Age-Verification Law
A federal judge has sided with Backpage.com over a Washington state child sex-trafficking law that would require online publishers to verify the age of those shown in sex ads.
U.K. Regulators Fine Adult Companies Over Content, Age Verification
RHF productions and Portland Enterprises — both owned by media mogul Richard Desmond — have been fined over a lack of age-verification labels on websites and airing content that was too explicit for television.
Equifax Introduces Cumbersome New Age-Verification Service
Credit reporting agency Equifax wants to bring age-verification into the 21st century, but they're not quite there yet.
Fake Police 'Age Verification Inspector' Arrested in Colo.
A man suspected of impersonating a police detective and demanding porn videos at a local adult store last month was arrested Tuesday in Longmont, Colo.