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Mornings: With Laura Maxwell - 18/04/2019

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With Laura Maxwell - 18/04/2019

BBC Radio Scotland - Mornings, With Laura Maxwell - 18/04/2019

Should you have to be over 18 to watch porn?

Should you have to be over 18 to watch porn? Ask the optometrist, decaf coffee and expiry dates.

Age verification tools required on porn sites - to prevent underage internet users seeing explicit content - will be introduced in July.  Users will be able to verify their age in a number of ways, including using traditional forms of ID such as a credit card or passport, or by buying an over-the-counter card from shops where verification would take place face-to-face.  

Should you have to be over 18 to watch porn?


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It's our weekly health surgery and this time it's your chance to ask the optometrist - so whether it's cataracts, colour blindness or macular degeneration - Morven Campbell is on hand to answer your queries - text 80295 

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