15-03-2018 23:06 via theguardian.com

Twitter a 'particular challenge' for plans for online pornography age checks

Thinktank that helped ministers draft rules to verify ages says it is unlikely site would be blockedTwitter and other social media companies have so far refused to engage with the government’s plans to introduce age checks to limit underage access to online pornography, an organisation that strongly influenced the rules has said. Lord Erroll, a crossbench peer who chairs the Digital Policy Alliance (DPA) – a thinktank that has collaborated with the government to draft the rules on ag
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