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From next week, Australia will require users to verify their age to play GTA Online and other R18+ online games (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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The age assurance future is coming for games.

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[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 48 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't understand how the age verification thing is spreading so fast. It's all over the world now and I barely heard about it before last year.

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Its insane, and the worst part is I don't know what we can even do about it. There is no conversation, all the media basically talks about how great this is to protect kids, there doesn't seem to be any way to push back against this. Why the fuck should we be expected to provide anything to these companies - it's infuriating.

[–] kittykillinit@lemy.lol 1 points 3 weeks ago

Eh. It just makes it easier to find targets when people finally decide enough is enough.

You can only push people so much before they start pushing back.

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