No it didnt. People used VPN (Not seen in the stats) or other sites that dont have age verification.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17n9k54qz2o

Posted by Lost-Droids

46 comments

  1. lol all of a sudden Argentina and Venezuela porn site traffic has increased with the same %.

  2. As OP has said, it’s bollocks without comparing worldwide traffic to the sites.

    And it’s amazing how we’ve gone from, “Be careful what you share on the internet” to “Upload your personal details to these for-profit companies based in another country”

  3. Yeah but access from Ireland, Albania ans other places has spiked

  6. It really didn’t did it…lol

    This is propaganda to back up a failed policy.

    However it was never about children accessing porn anyway. That’s just the story they go with.

  7. Well I have been going to Holland quite a bit this week to watch porn

  8. There are some sites that don’t have the age verification also

  9. >However, the data also showed that some smaller and less well regulated pornography sites saw visits increase.

    No way. People who just wanted to knock one off are now visiting sketchier and sketchier sites just for a bit of privacy. I can’t see how this can go badly.

  10. Traffic from “other countries” will definitely have increased however it’s been too hot in the Uk for a regular tug since the law came into force so it naturally would have dropped anyway

  11. I’ve been so worried about this I can’t get it up anyway now…

    /s

  13. Need a passport for a wank but not to enter the country…

  15. On the bright side, I’ve gotten back into piracy. If the UK gov is gonna force me to have a VPN I want the bang for my buck (hehehe bang)

  16. People turning to obscure sites with little to no moderation instead of the industry standards is surely a good thing/s

  18. I never seen any bans with free proton vpn 😀

  19. Interesting how everyone online seems to insist that VPNs are ubiquitous; I’d be interested to actually see some stats about what percentage of internet users actually have one.

  20. Man’s just out here using memories and imagination. It’s like Mary Poppins. Mmm mary poppins

  23. Well yeah no shit, watching porn is not worth having your identity information handed out to 3rd party sources

  25. Yeah and VPN apps flooded the Top 10 in the App Store around the same time. Humiliating nonsense for the government, this.

  26. It’s not just porn sites. I was trying to look at a news group on Reddit…it said it’s for adults only and wanted my id for verification…not ever going to happen.

  27. Meanwhile, Jazz Mag sales at convience stores accross the country skyrockets.

  30. “However, the data also showed that some smaller and less well regulated pornography sites saw visits increase.”

  31. I just set my VPN to Margate, can just blend in with the filthy bastards then 😀

  32. I am happy porn visits are dropping… but…

    This law is negatively impacting totally reasonable content too

  33. The only people who have an issue with this valuable and much needed law are the ones who can’t stop masturbating

  36. Fun unrelated fa t.

    The Opera browser has a built in free VPN

  39. What is this country coming to when you can’t access porn?

  40. Yep, finally signed up for a VPN here. Not got round to setting it up on the router so I can’t use it on my quest yet.

    Instead, I signed up for an account on my favourite site and used a picture of Trump for validation. 

  42. New data shows uk watches port 90% less than other counties from some reason starting in 2025.

  46. I just look for different sites that don’t ask to verify 😂 this law does nothing

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