Internet Porn Site Regulation

sorry I meant where did you see that the implementation period started last week ?

(30-01-2019 19:51 )ShandyHand Wrote:  

(30-01-2019 19:11 )russmeyer Wrote:  where did you see this

the 90 day window for those affected to get their house in order began about a week ag

The three month notice period has been part of the government plan since at least when the BBFC was appointed regulator. The second revised date of implementation was announced (as by Easter this year) last November with the 3 months reconfirmed at that point (for instance here's the Independent from the time). The government then dotted some i's at the beginning of the year so all would now seem to be in place for the Easter date to be meet.

(30-01-2019 19:16 )waffle snatcher Wrote:  Sorry if this has been asked before but will the age verification effect website visitors from outside the UK as well?

AV gateways will only appear to those trying to access from a UK IP address.

I thought this was a fair assumption: Three months off Easter is roughly last week at the latest that's all. If the BBFC reps are talking direct to 'small' sites like this one in the UK to say yea or nay then it seems likely the end period has started/ is starting no? Only more upheaval with Brexit might delay this now IMO. (Both major parties nodded the arrangements through parliament. It has all the backing.)

(31-01-2019 08:52 )ShandyHand Wrote:  'small' sites like this one

By what measurement should this site be regarded as small?

I think it's reasonable to describe this site as 'small' in that it obviously isn't in the same league for pornography as the major tube sites, which get millions of visitors a day. After all it was 'small' rather than just plain small.

(28-01-2019 15:02 )ShandyHand Wrote:  ^ Can you say who approached who in that?

Can you provide details of what you were advised at this point?

Is the forum aware of any details the operators might have been told also?

The BBFC held an event and we attended.

All pornographic websites are being given the same information. Nobody will be given guidance that is different to what we've been given.

(31-01-2019 17:01 )BarrieBF Wrote:  I think it's reasonable to describe this site as 'small' in that it obviously isn't in the same league for pornography as the major tube sites, which get millions of visitors a day. After all it was 'small' rather than just plain small.

Yes, thank you Barrie for your appreciation of the naunce of language. 'Small' as in unlikely to feature in the BBFC's Top 50 of porn sites was what I had in mind. The regulator has said these 'big' sites will be their first priority.

(31-01-2019 17:19 )admin Wrote:  The BBFC held an event and we attended.

All pornographic websites are being given the same information. Nobody will be given guidance that is different to what we've been given.

And the boots on the other foot as regards language here. I'm sorry I misunderstood "face to face" as implying an individual conversation. But regardless you seem to be assuming that we (forumites not yourself apparently) have certain knowledge that, to me, we can't even really take an educated guess at here. Like...

1. This site is regarded as "pornographic" then is it? The rules say more than 30% of the site has to be (visual I think) porn? How are they measuring that then? Does this place really qualify (especially with, as was mentioned above, the bsx caps gone)?!!

2. You say all sites are given the same info. I never doubted it. But my point is not all sites are created equal and as such one that are concerned about this may not actually qualify.

3. I guess I was asking re the operators if you were aware of how much they think they are already covered for the new rules?

Of course, the current operator websites have credit card gateways in place that could be adapted to be more encompassing; they even have AV gateways on their sites I believe (because of their VoD regulations wasn't it)...

I assume what guys mainly want to know is are the operator sites going to function the same way after AV? Or are there plans to split off daytime material for instance? Can AV be just applied at night time?! (Even there though there is something odd about the night shows now being classed as pornographic. Under the existing Ofcom rules these shows are not allowed to be visually "explicit" and show anything long enough to be classed as an "adult-work" [which requires pin encryption] and yet now we are being told, presumably, that they are "pornographic". Porn but not explicit. So Page 3 was porn then?!)

Not internet porn specifically, but porn in general:

Obscene porn rules relaxed in England and Wales

(31-01-2019 19:33 )ShandyHand Wrote:  1. This site is regarded as "pornographic" then is it?

Any material which is or which would be rated 18 by the BBFC is pornographic.

(06-02-2019 16:33 )admin Wrote:  

(31-01-2019 19:33 )ShandyHand Wrote:  1. This site is regarded as "pornographic" then is it?

Any material which is or which would be rated 18 by the BBFC is pornographic.

That's not true. There are other reasons than sex to rate a film 18, for example, the Saw films are not pornographic are they ?

(06-02-2019 17:39 )Tractor boy Wrote:  That's not true. There are other reasons than sex to rate a film 18, for example, the Saw films are not pornographic are they ?

You're taking my statement out of context.

This should be clearer for you: Any material taken from the babe shows which is or which would be rated 18 by the BBFC is pornographic.