UK to roll out age checks for porn in world first

Britain's new law, which comes into force on July 15, will require commercial providers of internet pornography to check on users' ages to ensure that they are 18 or over. © tommaso79 / IStock.com

LONDON: Britain in July is set to become the first country in the world to introduce age-verification to access online pornography, the government said on April 17. 

Child protection groups welcomed the move but digital rights groups warned of the possibility of data leaks and the implications for online privacy.