God, it’s so stupid that the govt thinks making every website either do its own age verification or pay out of pocket to some we’re-totally-not-going-to-sell-your-data firm really goes to show how out of touch they are. Why not require OS-level parental controls to be exposed through some API (that browsers would wrap around) and require service providers to gatekeep content based on that, that would at least be more robust than this, something a simple VPN can get around.

Right, right, this is Tory legislation banking on the fear of having your porn habits linked to your ID deterring you from accessing it.