the upcoming changes to porn websites
 

so is the age verification coming in on april 1st?

what should UK based porn webmasters do with servers based in USA/Canada?

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I heard it´s been put back again, but i´d assume, any website on any server over the world displaying porn with no AV, you´ll have your site barred from the UK :2 cents:

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Hello,

As we get closer we have a bit more clarity. There is no official dates yet, even the legislator whit whom we had meeting in Lisbon, can't give a real effective date.

What we do know, it will be within 2 weeks before or after Easter. Mid May at the latest.

Anyone who is giving you an official date at this very moment, is BSing you and maybe trying to get you to sign right now with fear of consequences.

But, no matter the date, it is coming...

" what should UK based porn webmasters do with servers based in USA/Canada?"

That's a good question :)

Answer:

What the law doesn't care about:

- Where your business is based or incorporated
- That you have 1000 employees, or you're alone in your basement.
- That your sites are hosted on servers around the globe or in a closet in Nebraska...

What the law care about :

- Where THAT particular surfer on your site is based?
- If he's NOT in the UK, he goes right thru and you don't need to verify him
- If he is in the UK, then you need to verify him

- That you take diligent measures to ensure a proper verification method
- Diligent method IS NOT a 'Are you over 18?' [ YES ] [ NO ], that will not cut it
- There will be list of approved AV Services Providers

As GSpot mentioned, yes your site can be barred from UK, but it goes way further...

The UK Age Verification law has grip. And unlike some providers, I don't want to get into the spooky stuff and try to scare anyone...

If you're not complying :

- Yes they can shut down your sites in UK thru the ISPs

- They can also send a letter to your ancillary providers and get them to stop providing services for the UK, which include but not limited to : Hosting, Billing, Ad Networks, Traffic, etc.. Until you get your stuff straight.

- You might be responsible to make sure that your affiliates sites are also complying since they're providing you traffic thru their sites, blogs, etc...

- Bottom line is, better get compliant before those letters go out instead of contacting all of them to get your UK switch back to 'ON'.

I am pretty sure there will be a grace period (dunno how long, but kinda short I guess), Maybe 30-90 days...

AgeChecked has been providing cutting edge age verification solutions for a number of years to merchants selling knives, alcohol, tobacco and vapes for online sales. There are a number of very large, high profile adult content companies who will be using the AgeChecked solution when the law comes into effect.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to reach out. :)

If you're going to be in Phoenix, you can book a meeting and demo with us (Yes, we're ready since last year)

https://agechecked.youcanbook.me :thumbsup

Thank you for the clarifications Michael.

Are you or anyone actually ready to implement on servers/sites or are the solutions still pending final details of exactly how?

We can get you compliant THIS AFTERNOON! Well sorta, technically. Only delay is the paperwork, lol. But yes, we're ready since last year. We actually have clients who jumped in last year and are installed already.

How do you go about it? Do you have a serverwide solution or site by site? And is it free on the webmaster end like AV Secure etc or is the charge put there one way or another?

I would also like to know the cost to Webmasters for all this compliance?

It depends on your UK volume and there is no cookie cutter answer here, but I can say it is maybe a +/- 200$ a year.

That is something I'll be glad to discuss with you on a private level with your according stats :thumbsup

Always Remember: Nothing is Free!

Certainly, the bill lands somewhere, that is obvious - simply asking as theres a huge range of ways of doing it it seems.

Happy to discuss: [email protected]