UK age check law seems to be hurting sites that comply, helping those that don’t
In Brief Posted: 1:05 PM PDT · August 31, 2025 Image Credits:MirageC / Getty Images Anthony Ha UK age check law seems to be hurting sites that comply, helping those that don’t The United Kingdom recently started enforcing the Online Safety Act’s age-check rules, and The Washington Post reports that it’s already having a significant effect on web traffic. U.K. law now requires pornography websites to verify their users’ ages through means such as face scans and driver’s licenses; it also requires that online platforms prevent children from being exposed to adult content (which is why sites like Bluesky and Reddit have begun checking some users’ ages). To study the law’s effect, the Post says it examined the top 90 porn sites based on U.K. visitor…
