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Reddit is rolling out age verification in the UK (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 days ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Reddit users in the United Kingdom will now be blocked from accessing “certain mature content” unless they complete the platform’s new age verification process. Reddit announced on Monday that UK users will need to upload a selfie or a photo of their government ID in order to view content that’s restricted for under-18s by the UK Online Safety Act (OSA), including abusive, violent, and sexually explicit materials.

The age verification process is performed by Persona, a third-party provider that won’t have access to users’ Reddit data or retain photos for longer than seven days. Reddit says it also won’t have access to uploaded photos, and that it will only store birthdates and verification statuses so that users don’t need to re-verify their account. I managed to complete the process myself this morning using a selfie in under a minute, though the photo tool had some difficulty detecting when my face was correctly framed.

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[–] LovableSidekick@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

TBH I don't have a problem with this. I am often very unsure if someone is an adult or a high school sophomore who's had two Red Bulls and really has to pee.

[–] kryllic@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

The age verification process is performed by Persona, a third-party provider that won’t have access to users’ Reddit data or retain photos for longer than seven days. Reddit says it also won’t have access to uploaded photos, and that it will only store birthdates and verification statuses so that users don’t need to re-verify their account.

Uh huh. You'd be surprised how many people still think once a snap on Snapchat is deleted, it's gone forever and no one can view it again. Wonder how long it will take before the "oops a data leak revealed all the stuff we said we weren't going to retain wasn't properly deleted and now anyone with a magnet link can grab it" event happens.

[–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Insane

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

UK's next in line for full fascism

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

The UK can be full fascist, as a treat!

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Meanwhile, their execs were mods for subs jerking it to the opposite. Hunh. How odd.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

Age.verification is evil