UK: AVS mandatory from July 2025

Also available in: Deutsch (German)Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has now published mandatory guidelines to ‘protect children from pornography and other harmful content’. Accordingly, website operators will be obliged to use ‘highly effective’ age verification systems (AVS) from July 2025. However, the new regulations are not uncontroversial. In general, the ‘harmful effect’ of pornography – … Continue reading UK: AVS mandatory from July 2025