Bora M. Alper@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDiscord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down13
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minus-squareconfuser@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHuh so are you saying revolt must do the image age verification thing now? I used revolt a few years ago before this age verification stuff started popping up
minus-squareOverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMy understanding is age verification will be mandated if you have UK users or are in the UK, so… it’s that online “safety” bill.
minus-squareOverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGrabbed 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.
Huh so are you saying revolt must do the image age verification thing now?
I used revolt a few years ago before this age verification stuff started popping up
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.
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.