Thu Sep 15, 2022 – 10:16 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Earlier this week, I noted in a column that for the first time in years, digital porn giants are under fire — and teetering. That isn’t the only good news in the escalating war on porn. Public recognition of porn’s dangers is growing. Consider this news out of the United Kingdom:
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has pledged to crack down on porn sites and other adult-only services to ensure they are taking steps, such as verifying users’ ages, to prevent children’s access, the regulator said Friday. The new enforcement plans are a reversal for the ICO, which had previously maintained that services aimed at adults weren’t subject to the Children’s Code or Age Appropriate Design Code, a set of rules that guide how the UK Data Protection Act should be applied to digital services for children…Companies that break the rules can face fines of as much as 4% of annual global revenue.
Four companies are already being investigated by the regulator and other nine are being audited. Millions of minors regularly visit Pornhub and xHamster, creating addictions that drive them back to these digital caverns
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