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UK’s controversial porn block plans could come into force sooner under no-deal Brexit

Blog post1 min readUpdated Feb 22, 2025View source ↗
The UK government’s plan to introduce mandatory Age Verification (AV) measures could come into effect sooner than previously thought, if the UK leaves the European Union under a ‘No Deal’ scenario, without a formal Withdrawal Agreement. The AV plans, which have already been extensively covered, and delayed more than once, were supposed to come into effect from July 15, 2019. However, the UK government neglected to inform the European Commission under the Technical Standards and Regulations Directive (EU-TSRD), which it needed to do before enacting the changes. As a result, a delay of around six months was expected when this […]
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