Is LL gonna be banned in the UK due to new porn rules

[Count Chocula]

51 minutes ago, The92Ghost said:

I don't think the users should be worried, neither the LL website dev team. I would recommend reaching out to Evrotrust if you need to pass checks for age. If you need to go through the entire trust process. 

I don't think there is going to be any third party verification in Loverslab's future. It's going to be either "Loverslab does not fall within the scope of the U.K. law" or "Loverslab will block U.K. IPs."

[Agent Tex]

The UK government has implemented new online safety regulations that require age verification for access to pornographic websites and content online. These changes, part of the Online Safety Act, aim to protect children from harmful content. Internet providers are expected to block sites that do not comply with these age verification requirements. Additionally, platforms like Bing are implementing stricter SafeSearch settings and Xbox is requiring age verification for certain features. 

[espguy]

What a lot of you seem to seem to be unaware is that there are ways to verify age without saving photos of you or your ID. For example here in Brazil every adult person Id code is made in a way that it always adds to the same sum. Just asking for an ID and seeying if it reaches that sum would work, there probably are other ways to verify age without a photo. Do I expect those to get implmemented? No, bc politicians are stupid and probably will go with the AI recognition hype

 

[Varithina]

11 hours ago, Agent Tex said:

400K people have voted against  The Online Safety Act

 

The UK Gov told all 400,000K of us to go fuck ourselves

 

 

Bye bye porn, bye bye Loverslab

 

Which is a teeny tiny minority of the UK population, which is what something like 15-20 Million if not more.  If it had millions of people voting against it, they would have probably paid more attention.

[GrimReaper]

5 minutes ago, Varithina said:

 

Which is a teeny tiny minority of the UK population, which is what something like 15-20 Million if not more.  If it had millions of people voting against it, they would have probably paid more attention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5%_rule

 

Generally you need less people than one might think to enact change. The 3.5% rule is about extreme change like removing power from the government. The UK has a population of roundabout 68-69 (56 in England alone) million people so 400k voices is nothing to sneeze at, really. It has not reached a tipping point yet but it should be reason for concern inside the government, especially since that new law is not the only cause of political unrest there.

[Count Chocula]

51 minutes ago, espguy said:

What a lot of you seem to seem to be unaware is that there are ways to verify age without saving photos of you or your ID. For example here in Brazil every adult person Id code is made in a way that it always adds to the same sum. Just asking for an ID and seeying if it reaches that sum would work, there probably are other ways to verify age without a photo. Do I expect those to get implmemented? No, bc politicians are stupid and probably will go with the AI recognition hype

 

A U.K. user of pornhub has to do it the way pornhub says they have do it, not the way some guy from Brazil says they can do it. You should be sending your "advice" to pornhub.

Edited July 29, 2025 by Count Chocula

[espguy]

6 minutes ago, Count Chocula said:

A U.K. user of pornhub has to do it the way pornhub says they have do it, not the way some guy from Brazil says they can do it. You should be sending your "advice" to pornhub.

Im not telling how to do it, Im just saying there are methods that are less privacy invasive. In the end its not my problem, the uk and eu people are the ones that need to ask for less invasive methods not me.

[Count Chocula]

Just now, espguy said:

Im not telling how to do it, Im just saying there are methods that are less privacy invasive. In the end its not my problem, the uk and eu people are the ones that need to ask for less invasive methods not me.

So you're saying what, then? "Hey. Brits, tell pornhub  to use the age verification method they use in Brazil?" Sure, people could do that. It won't accomplish anything unless massive numbers of Brits stop using pornhub and then tell pornhub the reason they stopped is because pornhub does not use the Brazilian age verification method.

 

And actually, I'm thinking neither you nor I have any real idea what kind of age verification systems sites like pornhub, xhamster, etc., use. All I know is that pornhub tells U.K. users to make a new pornub account, make an account on the verification site and then link them up. And xhamster says "it's quick and easy" (or words to that effect).

 

So for all we know, they do use the Brazilian method.

[Arethiel]

I would guess that yeah eventually it'd be blocked in the UK unless the law is overturned there.

Reminder for Americans as well to make sure that you do what you can to make sure the US Law that does the same bullshit (the Kids Online Safety Act, second time they've tried it by the way) doesn't pass: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748/text

[Grey Cloud]

6 hours ago, Varithina said:

Which is a teeny tiny minority of the UK population, which is what something like 15-20 Million if not more.  If it had millions of people voting against it, they would have probably paid more attention.

 

6 hours ago, GrimReaper said:

The UK has a population of roundabout 68-69 (56 in England alone) million people so 400k voices is nothing to sneeze at, really.

 

From a UK population of 70 million:

363,917 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 363,866 of 100,000 signatures required to be considered for a debate in Parliament

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

100,000

Parliament will consider this for a debate

Parliament considers all petitions that get more than 100,000 signatures for a debate

Waiting for 3 days for a debate date

Government responded

This response was given on 28 July 2025

The Government is working with Ofcom to ensure that online in-scope services are subject to robust but proportionate regulation through the effective implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903

[Count Chocula]

5 hours ago, Arethiel said:

I would guess that yeah eventually it'd be blocked in the UK unless the law is overturned there.

Reminder for Americans as well to make sure that you do what you can to make sure the US Law that does the same bullshit (the Kids Online Safety Act, second time they've tried it by the way) doesn't pass: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748/text

There are already several U.S. states where you have to verify your age. Pornhub greets Florida users with a page similar to what greets U.K. users, for example.

[Rob The Robot Guard]

Local brit here:

From my perspective its unlikely that LL (But still possible) will be restricted in the UK. (I am not a legal expert)

From what i can tell the site is far too small to be placed into any of the discrete categories that the UK government has outlined (Category 1, Category 2A, Category 2B). For website to qualify for any of those category outlined by the law, the website must have a certain amount of monthly active users. Outlined here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348267174 

 

I doubt that LL is big enough to qualify for any of those categories but i could be wrong.

Also here is a link to the full legal paper: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/contents 

All i hope is that the UK government only targets the major social media platforms and not the smaller independent sites like LL (Which they kinda have already indirectly effected smaller websites)

[Count Chocula]

2 minutes ago, Rob The Robot Guard said:

All i hope is that the UK government only targets the major social media platforms and not the smaller independent sites like LL (Which they kinda have already indirectly effected smaller websites)

How generous of you to imply that pornhub is a "social media platform."

[katrina.balanchuk]

On 7/25/2025 at 7:43 AM, Agent Tex said:

Hi everyone

 

You might know me from my comic series and blogs here. I’m based in the UK, and I wanted to talk about something that’s just happened with internet access over here.

The UK government recently introduced new regulations requiring users to verify they’re over 18 to access adult content. But instead of implementing proper age checks, many websites are just being blocked outright.

 

Today, I noticed that Rule34.com has been banned. I know this site is not technically a traditional porn site, but it does host NSFW content. I’m wondering—will this end up being treated the same way as other adult sites under the new restrictions?

Would love to hear your thoughts or if anyone knows more about what’s going on.

 

Edit

UK Online Safety Act takes effect today. Users must verify identity with a third-party and scan their face to access adult content online. Proposed screen time limits require age verification for video games exceeding two hours. - Non-compliance fines up to £18M or 10% revenue; sites may be blocked. Access to porn games, niche gaming forums, or non-state-approved content will be restricted. - Platforms like PornHub, Discord, Reddit, and Grindr are compliant. Ofcom investigates 4chan, which may face Cloudflare block under court order. - Aims to prevent kids from accessing harmful social media content like porn.

 

 

Nothing the UK Government does, is for anyones safety, least of all the safety of children from sexual exploitation.

I think anyone who has been following has been going on in the UK understands this.

 

Its about control.

It's just a matter of time when VPNs will be illegal in the UK and the use of a VPN be reported to "authorities" by your internet provider?

 

 

[Grey Cloud]

15 hours ago, katrina.balanchuk said:

 

Nothing the UK Government does, is for anyones safety, least of all the safety of children from sexual exploitation.

I think anyone who has been following has been going on in the UK understands this.

 

Its about control.

It's just a matter of time when VPNs will be illegal in the UK and the use of a VPN be reported to "authorities" by your internet provider?

 

 

Four lines and every one nonsense.

 

Just out of curiosity, what do you think is going on in the UK and where are you getting your info from?

Edited July 30, 2025 by Grey Cloud

[capulet akiri]

Well VPN isa great tool and there are some that are free or close to it. I would use any of those "age Verification" systems as one has already been compromised and delivered Names addresses and geolocation data to a group of religeous zealots. Lord knows what tey intend to do with it.  All of this seems to be oming from the efforts of a group called Collective Shout. A group who used lies aimed at the LGBT comunity to bolster support then burned them.  I would suggest making your own voices heard with your own government as these people have them completely snowed into thinking only fat old white men consue the content they are targeting with these bills and payment processor EULA. 

[WaterRabbit]

Hero Hei has a video about this and how it isn't really a measure to protect children, but to police adults.

[Grey Cloud]

13 minutes ago, WaterRabbit said:

Hero Hei has a video about this and how it isn't really a measure to protect children, but to police adults.

Well if he says then it must be so.

 

The guy is a complete fuckwit who hasn't a clue about anything and is just spouting rage bait.

 

I'll post a link to his video seeing how you didn't have the wit to do it.

Hero Hei

 

Contra Hero Hei

[Count Chocula]

38 minutes ago, WaterRabbit said:

Hero Hei has a video about this and how it isn't really a measure to protect children, but to police adults.

No doubt they also have a video showing that jumping into the ocean will get you all wet.

 

I'm not mocking you, I'm mocking this Hero Hei person or entity.

Edited July 29, 2025 by Count Chocula

[竹柏影]

Governments often selectively ignore some pornographic websites, and I hope LL is among them, although the UK ban will not affect me.

Use VPN then. That's how I get here.

[AhuwgaZ]

Perhaps LL admins should take a note from the seven seas bay. Also, if you are a mod author, maybe backing up your mods on mega.nz or some other site is a good idea.

Also note that EU and the states are following China's playbook. Soon VPNs will be banned and they'll use deep packet sniffers to detect TOR, even with obfuscation.

It seems like we must rely on Elon's starlink to save us once again.

[Count Chocula]

45 minutes ago, AhuwgaZ said:

Perhaps LL admins should take a note from the seven seas bay. Also, if you are a mod author, maybe backing up your mods on mega.nz or some other site is a good idea.

Also note that EU and the states are following China's playbook. Soon VPNs will be banned and they'll use deep packet sniffers to detect TOR, even with obfuscation.

What does backing up mods have to do with this? Plus I bet pretty much every mod author backs up their stuff locally and/or on a cloud site.

 

VPN restriction is something I think about as a possibility. Seems like maybe you think it's right around the corner.

[calranthe]

I did a little post on X about this. 

[Grey Cloud]

13 minutes ago, calranthe said:

I did a little post on X about this.

And a fine example of the standard of post on X it is.

 

1. They didn't just tell every child as many children already knew. Many children smoke because they were brought up in an environment where adults smoked.

2. The act is not meant to make porn or anything else disappear. The issue being addressed is access to such material.

3. Perhaps some minors will find 'inventive ways' (whatever that means) and perhaps some minors will not in which cases the bill will have worked.

4. This is entirely speculative.

5. I think they did prior to 2023 when the bill was being drawn up.

6. More speculation.

[GrimReaper]

22 hours ago, Grey Cloud said:

 

 

From a UK population of 70 million:

363,917 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 363,866 of 100,000 signatures required to be considered for a debate in Parliament

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

100,000

Parliament will consider this for a debate

Parliament considers all petitions that get more than 100,000 signatures for a debate

Waiting for 3 days for a debate date

Government responded

This response was given on 28 July 2025

The Government is working with Ofcom to ensure that online in-scope services are subject to robust but proportionate regulation through the effective implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903

I'm not entirely sure what your point is. The 3.5% rule simply states that roughly 3.5% of any given population are needed to non-violently overthrow a government. The now 420k signatures obviously aren't 3.5% of the UK's population but a large enough chunk that it should be cause for concern, especially with all the other political unrest going on in the UK.