UK traffic to popular porn sites slumps after age checks introduced
The UK has introduced strict age verification rules for accessing pornographic websites under the Online Safety Act. Data from a digital data company shows that this has had a significant impact on traffic to popular porn sites in the country. Specifically, daily visits to Pornhub, the most widely used porn site in the UK, dropped from 3.6 million on July 24th, the day before the age-gating rules were implemented, to 1.9 million on August 8th, a decrease of 47%. The data demonstrates the effect of the new regulations, which aim to protect minors from accessing explicit content online. The significant decline in traffic to these sites suggests that the age verification measures have been successful in limiting access, at least in the short term.
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