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The ‘Online Safety Act’ comes into force today in the UK that requires users to upload a photo of their face or ID into AI age verification software to access age restricted content online (old.reddit.com)
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The original was posted on /r/linustechtips by /u/MrModius on 2025-07-25 08:46:50+00:00.

This isn't just the obvious 'adult entertainment' content like you might think, things like Reddit posts marked nsfw, discord channels marked nsfw etc are now all completely inaccessible on UK internet, unless you sign up for an account and submit to suppling the platform with a photo of your face or ID. This law will technically also apply to platforms like Steam which (I guess until recently) host games rated 18+.

And obviously it can all be circumvented immediately by using a VPN, making the whole endeavour completely pointless.

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