BBFC Launches Resource Site AgeVerificationRegulator.com (XBIZ)

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Read the full article by Rhett Pardon at XBIZ.com

LONDON — The BBFC yesterday launched AgeVerificationRegulator.com, a resource site built to offer information about its upcoming role as U.K. age-verification regulator and how it will set and enforce standards for adult content on the internet.

Members of Parliament chose the BBFC — known formally as the British Board of Film Classification — to enforce statutes regarding accessibility to online content under the Digital Economy Act. Once implemented, the new policy not only will affect adult entertainment websites in the U.K. but potentially those worldwide.

Under the government’s plan, commercial adult sites will be forced to show they are verifying users are over 18. Failure to do so could block companies from taking credit card payments or even see their sites blocked by ISPs in the U.K.

As a result of the new law, a cottage industry of age-verification companies, including companies like AV Secure, AgeID and numerous others, have started up to offer solutions as third parties to verify users’ ages.

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