I've just verified my age on XHamster... Serious question.

AI age prediction model?

maybe they don't really give a fuck but need some sort of defense. we all have to pretend we tried lol


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amazing isn't it

UK (OFCOM) have given a lot of guidance and most site owners have been following their suggested regs for some time now. They even did a 3 day online seminar which anyone could register for. For paysite owners, the rules have been in place for months now (unlike tube sites) so if you're leaving it this late...

I just visited Reddit this morning (NSFW sub) and I had to put my date of birth in before I could go any further. I thought that would be it but I immediately got asked to age verify using a phone/face scan.
It was quick and easy and having sites like Reddit do this, prob helps as surfers may find it the norm as time goes on.
Privacy will always be an issue but everyone has phone which is the ultimate tracking device ;)

Those using face recognition solutions don't set the age limit at 18. If you do, you're falling foul of the regs. Only Fans set the limit too low and got pulled up on it not so long ago.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/of...113952107.html
Estimated age of 23-25 is often the norm.

wankers show your faces lol

Quick and painless, but at what expense?

Isn't this how it starts? Create barriers to access data (take away free speech) and don't even need to explain how this is a total violation of privacy, and then, the data collection.

And nothing is ever really deleted.

Lonely, bored, drunk, horny, or all of the above, no way in hell would I ever provide a face scan and/or id to watch porn.

i didn't leave it this late lol. my clients and site owners have been talking about it for a year or more.

PornCMS added a one click blur tool that blurs all the site thumbnails for non-members.

then we added Landing pages that can overtake a homepage (or load independently) because site owners wanted an easy way to build SFW landing pages.

now this week we added AgeVerification.org integration, which is also a one-click option that pops up the verification window for affected localities.

https://porncms.com/?mb=QXJ0aWNsZXxO...JlM2gzeTdpMg==


all of the billers i talked to said blurring thumbnails is fine. most said adding a birthdate popup is fine. and all of them say a SFW tour is fine.

most of these state laws became law this year. the UK law might have been in the works awhile, but it doesn't affect every site. it only affects UK owners. they have no jurisdiction over anyone else. same with the state laws.

i code every day - at least until i start pouring drinks - and most of it is requests by site owners. they generally want to do the minimum possible for compliance. so going overboard is a waste of time.

we're doing the minimum as the requirements change. with luck all this bullshit will go away.


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OFCOM (UK) have power worldwide - certainly not only UK site/business owners.
They've already investigated Score Group who are are US based and made them comply.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safe...raphic-content

Likewise, with the biggest porn site Porhub who tried resisting for ages have finally caved in too: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safe...rom-next-month

Tomorrow is D-day though with OFCOM with lots of huge NON UK companies (Bluesky, Discord, Grindr, Reddit and X), platforms and sites all committing to AV.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safe...-from-tomorrow

The days of where your business (or server) is based is pretty much irrelevant now.

OFCOM (UK) have power worldwide - certainly not only UK site/business owners.
Wrong.

ofcom.org.uk
Ofcom is the UK’s regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day. ...

They're the fcc of the uk and if one's host is not an anglophile, then...

Here's another case on how the porn industry drives technology. It's pretty impressive!

Where I think we are at right now is this: There are now several solutions to Age Verification. YOTI is great. We have our own AI Age Verification but YOTI's is really comprehensive.

The problem is the legal side. Every region seems to have their own rules and policies. Do adult sites need to retain a copy of the photo ID, or just a token? How do site owners legally prove that customer Joe Blow is an adult without the ID? What if Joe Blow signs up from 1 region then logs in from another where the legal requirements are different?

Age tech seems to be moving faster than the legal side, leaving legit porn pedlers scrambling. Again.