Britain may start fining online porn providers if they fail to keep children safe

Online pornography sites could face fines of up to £250,000 in the UK unless they take action to prevent under-18s viewing explicit material, under British Government proposals.

Britain may start fining online porn providers if they fail to keep children safe

Online pornography sites could face fines of up to £250,000 in the UK unless they take action to prevent under-18s viewing explicit material, under British Government proposals.

New laws will require adult websites to have some form of age verification technology to prevent children accessing them.

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