Year: 2018
Age Proof in porn sites from April in UK
From April, 2019 porn sites in U.K will require age proves for viewing the content. Specifically, sites will be less anonymous and more difficult for users who need to prove their true age.
Lottery ticket sales to minors are forbidden in New York
The lottery is a game that is meant to be played only by adults and shops must prohibit the selling of scratch-off tickets to minors. The campaign ‘’Lottery Tickets are Not Child’s Play’’ is held for the fifth successive year…
New laws in UK about porn websites and the impact on social media
A new legislation, about porn websites, is to be implemented in UK in order to verify the age of those who want to see this content. After the announcement of this law, some websites with pornographic content decided to close…
A new facial recognition system about video games in China
One of the most well-known video game publishers in China, Tencent, implemented a new software using facial recognition in order to verify the age of the players and protect those, who are under 18 years old. According to this new…
FDA: reduction of vaping products sales to minors in California
The increased amount of online e-cigarettes sales has driven, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, on October 31, to fill a complaint in California state court and blame California-based e-cigarette Company for selling vaping products to minors. Investigators discovered that…
New legislation about gambling in Nothern Ireland
Northern Ireland political party Sinn Féin decided to set stricter laws for online gaming in order to protect young people from gambling addiction and developing related problems. In addition to this, current legislation must definitely change as it is really…
Measures to ban flavored e-cigarette sales in stores to minors
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that one of their plans is to ban most retailers from selling flavored e-cigarettes, trying to reduce the popularity of vaping among young people. Specifically, the agency decided to require some age-verification measures…
A new online program about the parents and how to protect their kids from online porn
A new online program is about to be implemented in order to advise parents how to keep their tweens away from pornographic websites. Specifically, Culture Reframed decided to set up a free online course for parents, which aims to help…
Underage Facebook users able to buy knives via the Marketplace
The phenomenon of “Bloodbath Britain” has grown in size due to the knife market from buy-and-sell app Facebook Marketplace. Underage children can buy freely knives online and specifically from Facebook pages and also these forbidden items can be delivered to…
South Africa: What does the law stipulate about the pornographic content?
In recent years, there has been a perception that pornographic films are absolutely legal in South Africa, however, this is wrong and is about a misconception. Specifically, in 2006, the government of South Africa decided to ban the publication of…
