The UK government will require pornographic sites to verify users are over 18 as part of a raft of measures announced in the Queen's Speech.
As part of its Digital Economy Bill, the government promises more protection for children online.
It also pledged more protection for consumers from spam email and nuisance calls, by ensuring direct consent is obtained for direct marketing.
And it reiterated its plans for driverless cars to be tested in the UK.
The Conservative Party pledged in its manifesto to increase protection for children online.
The forthcoming Digital Economy Bill will propose that all sites containing pornographic material must check that users are over 18.
The details of how this will work are not yet clear, and security expert Dr Gilad Rosner, who is a member of the Cabinet Office Privacy and Consumer Advocacy Group, said the government may struggle to implement the plan on free pornographic sites.
Age checks for porn sites in Queen's Speech - BBC News