Publications
AVPA responds to Ofcom consultation on Pornographic websites
The AVPA has responded to the consultation by Ofcom on how it intends to regulate pornographic websites under Part 5 of the Online Safety Act. We were broadly supportive of their approach, but there is one major ommission - the definition of "highly effective age...
Age Verification, privacy and data…
A YouGov survey for the Open Rights Group reports today that 78% of UK adults would not be willing to upload ID in order to access adult websites including pornography. The principal reasons given by those holding this view are that 64% of them 'don't trust the...
AVPA welcomes ground-breaking and world-leading legislation to make the internet a safer place for children.
PRESS RELEASE The Age Verification Providers Association welcomes ground-breaking legislation to make the internet a safer place for children. Leading UK SafetyTech companies welcomed today’s publication of a revised draft of the Online Safety Bill, which now begins...
The coming of Age to advertising
There was a deep sense of shock across the advertising industry when the UK government announced a blanket ban on digital advertising for foods High in Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS). With the backing of 79% of respondents to an earlier consultation, the Department of...
AVPA seeks clarification of UK Government policies
In response to the reply we received from officials at the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, we have again written to the Secretary of State to seek clarification of the government's policies, ahead of the imminent publication of a re-draft of the...
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...
Tech is clever; it can usually do what you need it to and that includes online age checks
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...
New Tech to improve compliance for age-restricted sales
Very soon, government-supported trials of new technology to check the age of customers buying alcohol, whether that is from a physical location such as a shop or a bar, or when delivered to the home, will begin around England and Wales. The first two will be found...