The majority of Britons don’t know the UK is blocking porn for users under 18 next month

Next month, the UK is scheduled to introduce its so-called “porn block,” a controversial piece of legislation that aims to block access to online pornography for those under the age of 18. But new research suggests that most UK citizens don’t even know the law is on its way.

According to a survey from YouGov, 76 percent of Britons are unaware that the porn block is scheduled to take effect in April. Unsurprisingly, those who said they “never” watched porn were most likely to be in the dark. (In this group, 85 percent said they didn’t know about the law.) But even among the most frequent porn watchers (those who said they watched porn “every or most days”), awareness is low. Less than half of this group (47 percent) said they knew about…

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