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by RansomStark 330 days ago
simple answer no. OFCOM the regulator responsible for ensuring compliance has a nice guide on how you can prove you should be allow to see such filth: """ And how will I prove my age?

There’s a number of methods a site or app might use to ask you to confirm your age. They might do this check themselves or use another company to do the check. These methods include:

- Facial age estimation – you show your face via photo or video, and technology analyses it to estimate your age.

- Open banking – you give permission for the age-check service to securely access information from your bank about whether you are over 18. The age-check service then confirms this with the site or app.

- Digital identity services – these include digital identity wallets, which can securely store and share information which proves your age in a digital format.

- Credit card age checks – you provide your credit card details and a payment processor checks if the card is valid. As you must be over 18 to obtain a credit card this shows you are over 18.

- Email-based age estimation – you provide your email address, and technology analyses other online services where it has been used – such as banking or utility providers - to estimate your age.

- Mobile network operator age checks – you give your permission for an age-check service to confirm whether or not your mobile phone number has age filters applied to it. If there are no restrictions, this confirms you are over 18.

- Photo-ID matching – this is similar to a check when you show a document. For example, you upload an image of a document that shows your face and age, and an image of yourself at the same time – these are compared to confirm if the document is yours. """

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/a...