Proposed UK Internet age verification system
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With the passing of the Digital Economy Act 2017, the United Kingdom became the first country to pass a law containing a legal mandate on the provision of an Internet age verification system. Under the act, websites that published pornography on a commercial basis would have been required to implement a "robust" age verification system to prevent minors from accessing their sites.[1][2] The regulator would have been empowered to fine those who fail to comply up to £250,000 (or up to 5% of their turnover), to order the blocking of non-compliant websites, and to require those providing financial or advertising services to non-compliant websites to cease doing so.[3]
After a series of setbacks, the planned scheme was eventually abandoned in 2019,[4] and the legislative provisions creating it were repealed by the Online Safety Act 2023.[5]