Porn.This hasn't affected the SD brethren at all.

[John Gryphon]

Since July, people in the UK wanting to view pornography online must prove they are over 18 by uploading identify documents, sharing credit card details or taking a selfie that uses facial-recognition technology to estimate age their age.

Re the selfie bank. Someone will hack it and use it no doubt for gain.

Online porn traffic plummets in UK after law change, and Australia is next

The number of people accessing prominent pornography websites in the United Kingdom plummets after new age-verification laws — that are also heading to Australia — are introduced.

www.abc.net.au

 

[rocketdogbert]

Of course it’s plummeted, everyone is now accessing via a VPN lol

 

[John Gryphon]

Of course it’s plummeted, everyone is now accessing via a VPN lol

How Do You do that lol?

 

[oldhamstocks]

Vot are you on about Australen? Alles Britisher jetzt go to

 

[John Gryphon]

Vot are you on about Australen? Alles Britisher jetzt go to

Jawohl

 

[Demetrius]

How do they make money out of it if it's free?

D.

 

[VSS]

How do they make money out of it if it's free?

D.

Largely through advertising, but also because people who enjoy the content will often upgrade to a paid subscription to access other parts of the site (eg, special interest porn, rather than just the run of the mill stuff you can view for free).

 

[Mike L]

You seem very knowledgeable Tim