cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/43948771
Reddit hires company to verify user age with selfie or photo of government ID.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/43948771
Reddit hires company to verify user age with selfie or photo of government ID.
They’ll get round to Lemmy eventually.
As soon as they breathe and give up on /r/NSFW they will slowly show up on the porch.
That’s the beauty of federation. Host your own instance. You can prove your age by looking in a mirror.
And any instances hosted in the UK or accessible from the UK are subject to this law.
Yes but all that means is you have to have content restrictions for under 18 users of your instance. Set your instance as private and only logged in users see anything. Done
Verification is part of the law
So verify your own ID by looking at it or as I said earlier just look in the mirror and
The legislation specifically states:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpa/2023/50/part/4/chapter/1
The laws are only as powerful as their enforcement. Censoring instances would be like playing a game of whack-a-mole.
I doubt it. This is Ofcom you’re talking about. “What’s a Lemmy”? (Said in the voice of Sandor Clegane)