OnlyFans investigated over children accessing porn

[Tasty1]

Ofcom is investigating OnlyFans over concerns it is not doing enough to stop children accessing pornography.

The site - which allows creators to provide content to users on a subscription basis - is well known for hosting sexual content.

The regulator suspects it is not doing enough to stop those under the age of 18 accessing that material.

OnlyFans says it has been experiencing a technical issue, and insisted it "works closely" with Ofcom to "implement and develop best-practices on online safety."

A company spokeswoman told the BBC in a statement that it had experienced what it called "a coding configuration issue", which had had affected some "age thresholds" on the site.

However, it said those thresholds were always set above 18.

“OnlyFans discovered the reporting error and proactively amended our report to Ofcom,” it continued.

Announcing its investigation, Ofcom said it was concerned the platform had not implemented methods to check the age of users sufficiently to prevent under 18-year-olds from accessing "restricted material", including pornography.

It said its investigation would also assess whether OnlyFans failed to provide complete and accurate information in response to the regulator's requests.

The UK's media regulator has overseen video sharing platforms with a UK presence such as OnlyFans, Twitch, TikTok, Snapchat and Vimeo since November 2020.

It monitors their compliance with national laws and regulations.

These include having measures in place to stop children from accessing content that could harm their physical, mental or moral development.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw0vnedkvwlo

[adultinnovation]

If a guy is looking for porn then he's probably not a kid anymore

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by adultinnovation

If a guy is looking for porn then he's probably not a kid anymore

You should be a lawyer . . .

[The Porn Nerd]

We all know people under the age of 18 do not know how to falsely verify their ages or get around age restrictions using VPNs and such. Those crazy kids!!

But hey we tried so vote for me!! Wheeeee!!!

[RyuLion]

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[Retiree]

Google is the biggest porn site out there, open to everyone.

[celandina]

Only this shit ought to be investigated !

[pornmasta]

Originally Posted by celandina

Only this shit ought to be investigated !

I have to say.
How do we know what is harmful for children or not ?

We are not allowed to really investigate (not morally acceptable to expose children to something potentially armful for them).
The problem is that the measures taken to prevent a possible problem are at end, very extensive.

Meanwhile we also haven't proven if it's acceptable or not to give weapons to children and/or a trans friend or a trans teacher.
When did we decide that THIS* topic is the one that is the most important above any other?



* Preventing porn access, give weapons to children, give lgbtq friendly tuition

[roshnikhanna]

Kids these days are digital wizards! Despite age restrictions, they're masters at navigating the online world using VPNs and other tricks. Their resourcefulness knows no bounds!