Publications
Government delaying AV for porn again!
We have recevied a deeply concerning reply from DCMS confirming that they will be delaying the implementation of age verification for pornography but another 2-3 years. We had written urging they include pornography on the face of the Online Safety Bill; we had hoped...
An article in the New Statesman about the new Online Safety Bill currently being re-drafted by DCMS, argues "The government's age verification rules would never work and would penalise smaller, more ethical creators most." Rather than try to respond to the many issues...
AVPA calls on Nadine Dorries to add pornography to the Online Safety Bill
The AVPA has today written to the Secretary of State for DCMS to urge her to include pornography on the face of the Online Safety Bill. The call comes after announcements this weekend that new offenses were to be added to the Bill to ensure that Ofcom would be able to...
euCONSENT – explaining the tech behind the EU’s new age checking network
The AVPA is a member of the euCONSENT consortium, a European Commission funded project to create a network of age verification providers so once you've done an age check once, it can be repeatedly used on many other websites, often without you needing to take any...
Bringing proof of age into the digital age
We are pleased to be working in partnership with the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) to develop a new standard for a universally accepted proof of age which can be displayed on a smartphone, rather than requiring you to carry a valuable physical document when you...