Labour MP who wants Britain to have a 'summer of sex' endorses porn site that fails to block children from viewing adult content

By ABUL TAHER SECURITY CORRESPONDENT Published: 00:59, 19 April 2026 | Updated: 01:00, 19 April 2026 A Labour MP who wants Britain to have a 'summer of sex' has endorsed a porn site that appears to be breaching current pornography laws, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Samantha Niblett – who wants to have a sex toys exhibition inside Parliament – has publicly backed an adult site called MakeLoveNotPorn (MLNP), which claims to follow laws which prevent children from viewing adult content. But an investigation by the MoS has found that MLNP may be breaching these laws. Under the law, porn content must either be blocked or blurred until the age verification process is complete. But MLNP, which claims to be a sex education platform, allows viewers to watch its videos for 12 seconds before they have to buy a subscription to watch in full. Explicit and graphic content can be seen within the free view period. The videos seen by the MoS show oral sex, a woman performing a sex act on a man, and sexual intercourse. None of the videos was blurred out. Yair Cohen, a legal expert on pornography laws, said: 'It looks like the website does breach the law if it shows adult content within that 12 seconds before any age verification.' Ofcom's website says that the age check for porn sites 'should be at the point of entry' and that 'no harmful content' should be visible to users before then. Cindy Gallop, 66, founder of MLNP, told the MoS that the website complies with UK age verification laws through its paywall system. Ms Gallop said: 'We can vouch for everything on our website, because every piece of content has been through a stringent human review process to ensure it conforms to our standards of safety.' Samantha Niblett, pictured with prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, has called for a 'summer of sex' in Britain Ms Niblett has represented South Derbyshire since 2024 and worked in the technology sector for more than 20 years previously She added that in order to watch the 12-second free view clips, a user has to create a free account using an email through which MLNP performs 'age estimation'. But two MoS reporters opened two separate fake email accounts, registering their date of births as if they were under 16 years old, and still managed to create accounts with MLNP and view the free 12-second clips. Ofcom said: 'Porn sites should introduce highly effective age assurance at the point of entry to the site or ensure that no harmful content is visible before checks are completed. Companies that fail to comply can expect to face enforcement.' Ms Niblett was contacted for comment. Additional reporting: Isaac Crowson Samantha Niblett was once a guest star in Davina McCall's dating show Streetmate, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Ms Niblett went on a 'random date' fixed by Ms McCall in an episode of the 90s series. The future MP, who worked in a bank, was 18 at the time and going by Samantha Doherty. She was approached by Ms McCall in Nottingham town centre, and was set up with Jeff Chambers, then 22, a local gym owner. But the date was not a success. During their dinner, Mr Chambers – who greeted everyone with the words 'how you didly' – drank too much wine. By the end of the night, he was staggering along the road. After the date, Ms Niblett said: 'He had been drinking before the meal, and when we had a meal, he kept on drinking. It would be interesting to see him sober.' When the pair were interviewed a month later, Ms Niblett revealed she did not meet with Mr Chambers after the date. No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.