Celebrities, including Made In Chelsea star Olivia Bentley, are being paid by Ofcom to promote its new pornography age-checking rules. The digital regulator has paid influencers, including Ms Bentley, to post on social media in support of age checks on pornography, which have been introduced under the Online Safety Act.

A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and has experts worried about the future of free expression online.

Virtual private network (VPN) apps have become the most downloaded on Apple's App Store in the UK after sites such as PornHub, Reddit and X began requiring age verification of users on Friday. VPNs can disguise your location online - allowing you to use the internet as though you are in another country.