Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content
Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content
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Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view adult content
Reddit hires company to verify user age with selfie or photo of government ID.
If a website requires me to verify my age, I'll stop using that website. If an app requires it, I'll either stop using that app, or use a VPN, but there's no way in hell I'm doing the verification process.
I think this might be a massive gift to people who want the internet to remain free and unrestricted.
The more people you drive into the underground, the less well you'll be able to regulate. Usually, it's a cautionary tale about carelessly over-strict regulation. But, I guess it can also be an uplifting tale about carelessly over-strict regulation, depending on what you're trying to regulate. Lord knows, we need to be teaching people how to dodge around local internet restrictions and monitoring right now.
Unfortunately most people don't think like you and I. Reddit wants the masses to feed AI, and they'll get them. They don't care about the "fringe" elements. They want consensus. Hence, all the bans.
FFS, if we think reddit is bad, what about the billions still on FaceBook? I literally flinch if I land there on accident. FUCK! GAH! It's repulsive to me, yet here we are.
I hope you’re right!