Britain's p0rn Crackdown Begins As Users Will Have To Prove They're Over 18 To Access Adult Sites

P0rn sites available in the UK will have to perform stringent checks to ensure visitors are aged 18 and over, from today, July 25, 2025.

In a strong bid to stop children from accessing p0rn sites, adults will have to submit ID or even have their face scanned, depending on what site they access.

Several porn sites have confirmed to online regulator Ofcom that they will introduce these checks.

If any site fail to do so, Ofcom can impose fines and in very serious cases apply for a court order to prevent the site or app from being available.

"We will be actively checking compliance from 25 July and, should it be necessary, we expect to launch any investigations into individual services next week," Ofcom said.

According to Oliver Griffiths, Ofcom's group director of online safety, making life safer online 'is one of the defining challenges of our era'.

"Society has long protected youngsters from products that aren't suitable for them, from alcohol to smoking or gambling," he said.

"But for too long children have been only a click away from harmful pornography online.

"Now, change is happening. These age checks will bring pornography into line with how we treat adult services in the real world, without compromising access and privacy for over-18s."