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so whilst this is annoying other sites have made a verification option for age, what's stopping this website from doing it?



This post has been edited by Shank: Jul 25 2025, 10:25

You need to click "Embed into Post" or "Add into Post" when you upload a file, went and did that for you.

Users would need to upload actual ID or a photograph of their face to comply with the law, which I'm sure you can see isn't gonna happen.

Better to contact your local MP to complain [www.parliament.uk] https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/cont...ontact-your-mp/

And maybe consider signing the petition [petition.parliament.uk] https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903

If you guys need some arguments to give to your MP:

Sites that aren't legal to begin with won't care about the law, so those that can't/won't submit id will end up using them to get what they want, increasing chance of trojans for id theft, bank theft, blackmail, etc.

Can't really argue that teenagers won't seek out such sites, because if they weren't looking for it to begin with, they'd not need this bill.

Teenagers that were looking for porn that somehow can't figure out how to circumvent it and don't have their urges/curiosity met will just increase the amount of underage sex, and worse, pedophiles will use the law as leverage to take advantage of them.

There's a significant risk of data leakage, even large corporations that have the financial means to have the most rigorous of security still get data breaches. See also point on blackmail, bank theft, and id theft for fraud.

Undue financial burden on webmasters to meet the demands, in particular those that are just hosting websites out of hobby out of their own pocket. This is particularly the case when the moment they are required to see your ID, they also have to deal with GDPR on top of that.

With how easy it is to circumvent, the bill generally doesn't achieve anything it sets out to do, but brings plenty of harm as a consequence.

This post has been edited by Shank: Jul 27 2025, 14:20

what's stopping this website from doing it?

Spite.

Seriously though, by "other sites" you mean multi-billion dollar companies like Reddit and X. It's not as simple as "just add verification", and we definitely won't ever want to require people to provide sensitive personal details to a third party. Setting up a local verification model would be a lot of work (if at all possible), which may or or may not be integrated with a planned upcoming account system revamp, but it won't be happening in the near future either way.

You need to click "Embed into Post" or "Add into Post" when you upload a file, went and did that for you.

Users would need to upload actual ID or a photograph of their face to comply with the law, which I'm sure you can see isn't gonna happen.

Better to contact your local MP to complain [www.parliament.uk] https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/cont...ontact-your-mp/

And maybe consider signing the petition [petition.parliament.uk] https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903

The government policing people's privacy and thoughts? In the UK, it's no wonder lol. The hate speech laws are also strong and alive within the EU too. Good luck petitioning them!

e-hentai still works or just use a VPN. But I'm wondering, e-hentai doesn't have to follow it the laws though and most websites won't either.

British gunboats are scary.

Are we allowed to use VPNs without any risk of being banned or anything?

I only ask because I've not used a VPN for this particular site up until now,

Thanks

No issue with using a VPN rules wise here, though check your local legislation and legal advise

No issue with using a VPN rules wise here, though check your local legislation and legal advise

Okay, that's a positive at least, thanks (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I hope all this isn't the start of a very slippery slope, not to sound cliche.

ever thought about just ignoring it in its entirety? surely there is a much simpler option to be able to bypass it.

I can't see this being overturned by the UK parliament, regardless of how many MP's are contacted, or signatures signed.

ever thought about just ignoring it in its entirety? surely there is a much simpler option to be able to bypass it.

The "Wild West" days of the Internet are long dead at this point, ignoring laws because you don't like them doesn't work anymore. Why should the site expose itself to legal repercussions?

ever thought about just ignoring it in its entirety? surely there is a much simpler option to be able to bypass it.

Not that I would expect it, but most people don't get how aggressive a stance Ofcom are taking on this. They have already been harassing sites for months going "you better be ready or else", so ignoring it and hoping that it'll go away is not an option.

If sites don't either add the required verification or block UK traffic entirely, they are just going to get court orders against Cloudflare, site hosts and other intermediaries to force a total block, and that would limit our options significantly.

The "Wild West" days of the Internet are long dead at this point, ignoring laws because you don't like them doesn't work anymore. Why should the site expose itself to legal repercussions?

true—you're not wrong in the slightest

but there are always options without the website exposing itself to legal repercussions

as it stands, the exact wording of the 'Online Safety Act' is still quite open ended, and could be dragged out by the website to 'comply' to said chnages, as opposed to shutting its doors entirely.

as it stands, the exact wording of the 'Online Safety Act' is still quite open ended, and could be dragged out by the website to 'comply' to said chnages, as opposed to shutting its doors entirely.

As Tenboro said, Ofcom are being really aggressive about this. Sites far smaller than E-Hentai have been contacted directly by Ofcom with quite threatening language. You can see one of the letters they've sent out [kiwifarms.st] here (unless you're in the UK and not on a VPN)

As Tenboro said, Ofcom are being really aggressive about this. Sites far smaller than E-Hentai have been contacted directly by Ofcom with quite threatening language. You can see one of the letters they've sent out [kiwifarms.st] here (unless you're in the UK and not on a VPN)

riveting

Is there a way to log in to my e-h account without using the e-h site itself? Re-logging in once every six months is the only thing I ever use it for.

Yes, install [addons.mozilla.org] Cookie Quick Manager, save all your EH cookies to a JSON file, and restore cookies from file instead of logging in.

petition does nothing, if there is a bypass just upload it somewhere here so people can see what to do, ain't paying for a VPN, at that point would just find another site which still works

A good VPN is €5 per month. If you aren't willing to spend even €5 per month fighting back, maybe it doesn't mean very much to you.

petition does nothing, if there is a bypass just upload it somewhere here so people can see what to do, ain't paying for a VPN, at that point would just find another site which still works

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