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Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift' (www.bbc.com)

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[–] OverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

My understanding is age verification will be mandated if you have UK users or are in the UK, so... it's that online "safety" bill.

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[–] OverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago

Grabbed an article: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/uk-online-safety-bill-will-mandate-dangerous-age-verification-much-web

And another: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye3qw7gv7o.amp

Applies to sites with user-generated content.

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