I wonder how much time and money has been spent and wasted on this 'plan' that literally anybody who understands how the internet works would have told you was unenforceable https://t.co/aABggfd26p

— Martin Belam (@MartinBelam) October 16, 2019

RIP to this kneejerk policy that sounded like common sense until you thought about it for more than a fraction of a second. https://t.co/TNyHEJSenm

— Martin SFP Bryant (@MartinSFP) October 16, 2019

NEW: The 'porn block' has been ditched. Re-drafted, delayed and picked apart by privacy campaigners, its "objectives" will now be punted over to a "online harms regulator".https://t.co/hMOF0MJP0b

— John Johnston (@johnjohnstonmi) October 16, 2019

Ministers shelve controversial 'porn block' plans after series of delays

But all this untested double border tech will work just fine ?
Via ⁦@LDNCalling⁩ https://t.co/kknc34hcqP

— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) October 16, 2019

Interesting development; now more than ever, the UK needs an independent research centre that uses industry data & funding to shape effective evidence-based policy that promotes well-being & thriving online.
cc @normanlamb @DamianCollins @NickyMorgan01 https://t.co/LIm049pcRb

— Andrew Przybylski (@ShuhBillSkee) October 16, 2019

How many times did we tell them the idea was stupid, counterproductive and impractical? Will they ever decide to listen to us? They’ve dropped the porn-block.. HT ⁦@rowlsmanthorpe⁩ https://t.co/RAEKO5RiSR

— Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) October 16, 2019

A while ago, I wrote a thing pointing out that the government's proposed "porn block" laws were stupid: badly thought through and based on an impact assessment that literally didn't understand the word "correlation". Anyway, the plans have now been shelved https://t.co/BM0sgocO19 https://t.co/adW5kIUuvY

— Tom Chivers (@TomChivers) October 16, 2019

Ministers shelve controversial 'porn block' plans after series of delays https://t.co/S0abg5ClDl via @PoliticsHome

— Chris Ratcliff (@TVXboss) October 16, 2019

Looks like UK politicians have realised the porn block will affect them as well.

It's been halted.https://t.co/fLBNoMP6cA

— SuitedTechie (@TechieSuited) October 16, 2019

The government has binned its plans to implement age checks for anyone that wants to watch porn. I'm sure that news will get an a-rousing round of applause from many. https://t.co/BeNDGXjiLK

— Nick Rotherham (@nrothers) October 16, 2019

Haha I KNEW IT https://t.co/BC5zTEiS8f

— m a r c u s (@marcushwik) October 16, 2019

UK quietly ditches the porn age-verification checks it planned to roll out this year. @riptari reports. https://t.co/PKIH9rk2NZ

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) October 16, 2019

What a waste of money and time. Despite almost unanimous agreement that online porn companies should prevent children accessing their platforms, our government has taken four years to ultimately abandon measures that would have done just that https://t.co/g8T4rvdSaK

— FVG (@VeraGrayF) October 16, 2019

“The decision will disappoint a number of British businesses...They had been hoping to capitalise on the large amount of Britons expected to verify their age in order to view legal pornography” ? https://t.co/4js6YfimSA

— The (ring door) bell tolls for thee... (@hypervisible) October 16, 2019

Widespread outrage as government finally admits their computers are incapable of relieving parents from actually having to bother supervising their childrenhttps://t.co/k54kdQkiu2

— Seamus REGISTER TO VOTE McCauley (@seamusmccauley) October 16, 2019

GOD - Age Verification DROPPED - how many more years will filmed sexual abuse be allowed to continue? https://t.co/d2w6Pdas8B @ClickOffOrg @NotBuyingItShef @SuzzanBlac @gemma_brett @FiLiA_charity @CEASEorgUK @FightTheNewDrug @brain_love_sex @LouHaigh @jessphillips @PankhurstEM

— Not Buying It (@not_buyingit) October 16, 2019

I’m shocked. This is my shocked face. https://t.co/S28qLpTXLd

— Lux ? Alptraum, A Friend To The Internet (@LuxAlptraum) October 16, 2019

Some good news: the UK finally realized their extremely stupid porn law was not implementable and is scrapping it. Would have been a huge pain for content producers and a privacy nightmare for viewershttps://t.co/zFpvBQsFEP

— angrboda (@doctorboda) October 16, 2019

Thank goodness. This was always unworkable without the UK itself setting up the age verification system and providing it for free - and who wants to go to the government for that? ? https://t.co/HPnNGME1LU

— GreenReaper (@WikiNorn) October 16, 2019

I have spent the past three years wondering what was gonna die first the porn law or Brexit. So now that the porn law has been killed because *breaking news* it was impossible to implement... Could we... Maybe... Pretty please...? https://t.co/q8NH3SF9Vo

— Eva Blum-Dumontet ? (@Arcadian_O) October 16, 2019

I wonder how much time and money has been spent and wasted on this 'plan' that literally anybody who understands how the internet works would have told you was unenforceable https://t.co/aABggfd26p

— Martin Belam (@MartinBelam) October 16, 2019

BREAKING: UK porn block law dropped by government after plan to stop children watching sex videos online https://t.co/LF28Th1BP2

— James Rodger (@jamesdrodger) October 16, 2019

Government quietly shelves 'porn block' plans after years of delayhttps://t.co/yMfI3kLIy6 pic.twitter.com/zzkHXFLJaB

— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) October 16, 2019