UK porn blocks: Start date for ID checks on adult videos to be announced 'soon' by government

The government will soon announce the start of a wide-ranging plan to ban people from viewing pornography unless they prove their identity. The plans, referred to as porn blocks, will attempt to stop children from looking at adult content by establishing age verification procedures. The most popular of those procedures will require people to register and show official documents and then log in whenever they look at pornographic websites. Numerous reports have suggested that the plan will go into place on 1 April. But the government says a final date is not yet set, though it will be announced soon.