Online traffic for pornography has plummeted in the UK after new age-verification laws were put into place over the summer.

Since July 25, porn users in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland must prove they are 18 or over by uploading identity documents, credit card information or a selfie that uses facial-recognition technology to guess their age.

After age-verification laws were put into place, Pornhub experienced a 50 percent drop in traffic, according to the ABC. Shutterstock / Jarretera

Pornhub, the most visited adult website in the world, suffered a staggering 50 percent plummet — or more than 1 million visitors, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company .

Hannah Swirsky, the head of policy and public affairs at the Internet Watch Foundation, a nonprofit that wo

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