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Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits (mashable.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Finally it seems the end of Reddit is near.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Parental controls exist. Use them instead. I fucking hate this.

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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why would anyone use that shit after this?

[–] iii@mander.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago

Because all the alternatives will have to implement similar shit as well. It's UK law.

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[–] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 weeks ago

Lol. Fuck off reddit.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

is reddit still alive? it must be 100% bot on bot action by now...

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[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I keep thinking about some of RPs I've done in my life. Hot, vile, smutty text based RPs. I think about them and wonder if there will ever be a time when those words would be considered illegal and I would be arrested for posting them. This doesn't just protect minors. It tags deviance. Some of you may know the darker corners of Reddit. Imagine if an AI flagged your subs. The delete-rebuild cycle doesn't work anymore. Reddit will always know. If the law asks for suspects for newly illegal thought crime, Reddit will be able to point to all the users on those dark corners. We are moving into a future where privacy doesn't matter and I fear what that means for the kinky among us.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 weeks ago

Perfect use for that old "This Person Doesn't Exist" website.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's how they get your real identity and kompromat you/send you to jail for opposing the Western genocide du jour...

[–] Scavenger8294@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago

vpn⬆️⬆️⬆️

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Umm. I just tried old.reddit on a "gonewild" subreddit with no login even, and it was fine. Now I'm sure they'll patch it out. But, seems to be an easy workaround as of right now.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 12 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't think it's been fully rolled out to everyone yet, as they don't have to start enforcing it until a later date.

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

does the federated nature of lemmy/piefed/kbin/etc prevent governments from taking action against them?

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