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How will age verification for porn work and what about privacy?

Anyone in the UK wanting to access online porn will soon have to undergo more rigorous age checks.

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Man admits making 100k child abuse images

Stephen Huxtable pleaded guilty to nine charges and will be sentenced later this month.

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Minister pledges ban on strangulation pornography

Dame Diana Johnson told MPs harmful content online was "fuelling violent sexual encounters".

4chan and porn site investigated by Ofcom over online safety

Nine companies are under investigation by Ofcom, using powers of the Online Safety Act.

Pornhub leaves France over age verification law

It's the latest setback for the world's most popular porn site, which is also under investigation by the EU.

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Pornhub and three other porn sites face EU child safety probe

The EU said the sites did not appear to have "appropriate" age verification to stop children accessing porn.

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Two porn sites investigated for suspected age check failings

The UK demanded in January that porn sites show how they were beefing up age verification to stop children accessing them.

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'He strangled me without asking' - experts say choking during sex now normal for many

Experts say it is increasingly filtering into real life as a result of frequent depiction in porn.

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Ban degrading and violent online porn, review proposes

A government-commissioned review will call for content showing women being choked during sex to be illegal.