So there are likely to be a few different ways you'll be asked to prove your age, depending on the site you visit.
Social media sites do not come under the block either, due to an exception for websites where less than one third of its content is pornographic, so platforms such as Twitter and Reddit (which have a looser approach to nudity than Facebook) are in the clear.
It will ask internet service providers and mobile network operators to block websites that don't comply with the new rules.
Websites that aren't part of the blocks could find themselves being punished or blocked entirely within the UK.
Meity asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to block 827 websites named in the list issued as part of the order, sources said. "... all the internet service licensees are instructed to take immediate necessary action for blocking of 827 websites as per the direction from Meity and for the compliance of the Hon'ble High Court order," the Department of Telecom said in an order issued to internet service providers.
Users will have provide identification documents, such as credit cards and passports, or use their phones in order to prove their identity. People over the age of 18 will also be able to buy a ‘porn pass’ with a code on it, that can then be inputted into the website.
A VPN creates a secure, encrypted tunnel between your computer and a server managed by the VPN company; when your traffic is moving through this tunnel no-one, including your internet service provider, is able to see where the traffic is coming from.
In a release Wednesday, the U.K. Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Margot James, said privacy concerns had been balanced fairly against protecting children from early-age exposure to sexual imagery.
John Fokker, Head of Cyber Investigations at McAfee warned: "A censored internet will force users to circumvent the enforced controls.
As you say... if he wanted to make a latte why say a cappucino is better, and pontificate. Answer the guys question or dont bother talking and wasting everyones time!
Pornhub is known for coming up with creative solutions. In Russia, pornhub worked with authorities to implement the mandatory login to access their sites. Russian citizens who wish to use porhub must register a telephone number and their passport number to access thes ite
