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The 10 biggest sites you didn't realise are impacted by age verification – and how each will verify your age

Millions of Brits must prove their age before accessing certain sites as age verification rules are enforced in the UK. Here ...
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Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet

It’s too early to know how this law will settle into full implementation, but its implications are clear: For determined kids ...

Spotify to Begin Deleting Accounts That Fail New Age Checks

Spotify is rolling out a new age-check system that could lead to the permanent removal of user accounts if individuals fail ...

Spotify introduces face-scanning age checks for UK users, as some furious fans threaten to return to piracy

Spotify has become the latest app to introduce measures designed to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, by asking users to undergo age verification checks if they want to view or listen to ...

Age verification comes to X – and you might not be able to verify at all

This implies that, at the time of writing, anyone who fails the "highly reliable signals" part of X age verification is ...
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Spotify picks Yoti for age verification, estimation amid UK’s OSA growing pains

Spotify has implemented age assurance in the form of facial age estimation and ID verification with face biometrics to comply ...
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UK’s Online Safety Act Reshapes Digital Access—Spotify Will Enforce Strict Age Verification Measures

A major shift has rippled through the United Kingdom’s digital landscape with the full implementation of the Online Safety ...

Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet

A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and ...