LOS ANGELES — Following yesterday’s report that implementation of the U.K.’s online age verification law will be delayed indefinitely; new information is pointing to an approximately six-month timeframe.
Paused weeks before it was set to take effect July 15, the law requires adult-oriented websites to verify the age of their visitors.
Now, culture secretary Jeremy Wright points to a lack of notification to the European Commission as responsible for pushing back the law’s enforcement.
“It has come to my attention in recent days that an important notification process was not undertaken for an element of this policy and I regret to say that this will delay the commencement date,” Wright revealed. “I expect that this will result in a delay in the region of six months.”
Mandated by the Digital Economy Act of 2017, the age verification plan is regulated by the British Board of Film Classification and has been delayed repeatedly since it was first announced.