Gaming: Age Verification Checks Are Now In Force In The Uk Because Of The...
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This week I've been: Taking to Discord to sell my favourite weirdoes on my current cozy games of choice: Starsand Island, Potionomics, and Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale.
Currently, I can't check my Bluesky direct messages until I've allowed the Epic Games-owned KWS to look at either my bank card, my ID, or my wizened visage. As I'm based in the UK, it's not just Bluesky I've got to worry about either, with similar verification processes now present on Reddit, Discord, and even my partner's Xbox.
This is all due to the Online Safety Act, which came into effect in the UK last year. For many, these age checks are an annoyance at best—but they also represent something that will have ramifications far beyond the British Isles. The UK's Act was designed in part to ensure children in the UK could not easily access "harmful content." This is a broad term that includes but is not limited to pornography, content that promotes "self-harm, eating disorders, or suicide," and "bullying".
Source: PC Gamer
