"All services which allow pornography must have highly effective age assurance in place by July 2025 at the latest"

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   École des Bro-Arts (aphyr@woof.group)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 05:44:45 JST École des Bro-Arts

   I wrote to Ofcom last week asking for guidance for Mastodon instances like woof.group, as the #OnlineSafetyAct comes into effect in March. There's a lot of respects in which we're likely to run afoul of the act, but one of the big ones is that Ofcom's response letter repeatedly explained that any service which allows pornography must perform "highly effective age assurance".

   I've written back to ask for clarification, but... I don't see how it's possible to comply here.

   https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/consultations/category-1-10-weeks/statement-age-assurance-and-childrens-access/statement-age-assurance-and-childrens-access.pdf?v=388849#page=15?v=388849