Category Archives: Age verification

Something to think about

Posted on August 20, 2019 by

All of the early thinking about the internet – thinking which determined how it was set up at a fairly fundamental level – was framed by a belief that overwhelmingly the future users would be highly educated, therefore literate and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Age verification, Consent, Default settings, E-commerce, Internet governance, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation

Facebook, Google and data about porn

Posted on July 29, 2019 by

Facebook and Google have very strict rules about porn. Essentially it is banned from both platforms. Here is what Google says Sexually Explicit Material “Do not distribute sexually explicit or pornographic material. Do not drive traffic to commercial pornography sites”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Age verification, Consent, E-commerce, Facebook, Google, Internet governance, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Uncategorized

The US Federal Trade Commission to review COPPA

Posted on July 21, 2019 by

The US Federal Trade Commission is to review the operation of the COPPA rules. That’ll be interesting. And it is definitely important, globally speaking. I think it is fair to say the last time the FTC looked at how the … Continue reading →

Posted in Age verification, Default settings, Regulation, Self-regulation

A warning about dating Apps

Posted on May 7, 2019 by

Apple and Google have removed three dating Apps from their App Stores following a warning from the Federal Trade Commission about COPPA breaches. The FTC warns about the dangers of adults contacting children (I imagine that’s in the specific context … Continue reading →

Posted in Age verification, Internet governance, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation

The Not Scientist and others

Posted on April 19, 2019 by

On Tuesday the UK Government finally announced the trigger date (15th July) for those parts of the Digital Economy Act, 2017 which require commercial pornography sites to ensure persons under the age of 18 are not able to view their … Continue reading →

Posted in Age verification, Default settings, E-commerce, Regulation, Self-regulation

Age Verification regulations clear their final hurdle

Posted on December 17, 2018 by

The House of Commons tonight agreed the final regulations necessary to introduce age verification on commercial pornography web sites. Yippee!! All we need now is notice of the commencement date. Expected to be 3 months from today or thereabouts. Then … Continue reading →

Posted in Age verification, Internet governance, Pornography, Regulation, Self-regulation

Children’s privacy moves forward in the UK

Posted on September 23, 2018 by

The UK Parliament adopted the GDPR pretty much as it came out of the EU’s law-making machine. Under Article 8 we agreed 13 as the age at which a child could be considered competent to give consent to their data … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Age verification, Child abuse images, Default settings, E-commerce, Internet governance, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation, Uncategorized