Britain gives websites hosting pornography until July to enforce age restrictions

Britain’s communications regulator said on Thursday that online platforms hosting pornographic and other content considered harmful must enforce “highly effective” age restrictions by July 25 to prevent children accessing the material.

The deadline was set in Ofcom’s children’s safety codes, meant to protect UK users under 18 from content on subjects such as suicide, self-harm or pornography -the latest in a series of measures to improve the online environment for