1 They allowed any visitor free, unrestricted access to hardcore pornographic video promotions and/or trailers or still images featuring real sex or masturbation in explicit detail.
2 Access to the videos was open to any visitor who paid a fee. As the services accepted payment methods ? such as debit cards ? which can be used by consumers younger than 18, ATVOD ruled that each service had failed to put in place effective access controls.
Wow, but they do have a point. You can get a debit card under the age of 18.
?Our enforcement activity over the past two years has sent a clear message that UK providers of hardcore pornography on demand must take effective steps to ensure that such material is not accessible to under-18s,? he added.
?Asking visitors to a website to click an ?I am 18? button or enter a date of birth or use a debit card is not sufficient. If they are going to offer explicit sex material, they must know that their customers are 18, just as they would in the offline world.?
Setting precedent ... this may not be such a bad thing if you think about it
