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Nearly half of porn users are still seeing porn with no age checks, says survey
Nearly 45% of UK porn users accessed sites without age checks since last summer, raising concerns of exposure to harmful or illegal content, charities said.
- The Lucy Faithfull Foundation found nearly 45 per cent of UK porn users visited sites without age verification checks in a poll of more than 3,700 Britons under the Online Safety Act.
- Last month, Ofcom reported visits dropped sharply from 25 July when HEAA enforcement began, while VPN users more than doubled from about 650,000 to over 1.4 million in mid-August 2025.
- Vicky Young warned unregulated sites risk becoming a pathway to indecent images, with advisers reporting escalation from legal adult porn to more extreme or illegal content.
- The poll found 39 per cent of visitors to unregulated sites watched uncomfortable content and 40 per cent were deterred, while nearly 47 per cent reduced how much they watch.
- The Foundation urged, 'age verification is vital to protect children' and supported confidential help via Stop It Now at 0808 1000 900.
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Survey Warns a Third of UK Adults Use VPNs to Bypass Internet Porn Age Checks
A new survey of 1,469 adults, which was conducted by the child protection focused Lucy Faithfull Foundation, has “warned” that 45% of adults who don’t want to verify their identities to access porn – a requirement of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) – have turned to using sites without age checks. In addition, 29% have used Virtual Private Networks to bypass age checks on sites that have them. The foundation expresses concern about this because …
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