Online Safety Act

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Steam users in the UK who want 'mature game content' must now register a credit card on their accounts to prove they're old enough

By Andy Chalk Published

news Valve is taking a simple approach to the UK's Online Safety Act: You have a credit card, or you don't get in.

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Wikipedia challenged the UK's new Online Safety Act and lost, but may have set a new precedent for fighting the rules all the same

By Jacob Ridley Published

News The ruling "does not give Ofcom and the secretary of state a green light to implement a regime that would significantly impede Wikipedia’s operations."

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Nearly two-thirds of Brits surveyed about the UK's new age verification laws think the changes aren't effective, but even more support them being made in the first place

By Nick Evanson Published

News Best not to survey VPN companies, then.

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The UK's new age verification is a privacy nightmare, but it doesn't need to be

By Jacob Ridley Published

Verified "They are over exposing data to prove a simple point, but there are ample alternatives."

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UK secretary of state for science, innovation and technology says you're on the side of 'extreme pornographers' and 'predators' if you want the Online Safety Act walked back

By Harvey Randall Published

News Finally, we're safe from the nasty predators in (check notes) cycling forums.

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The UK Government say it has 'no plans to repeal the Online Safety Act', in response to 380,000 strong (and counting) petition

By Jacob Ridley Published

News Could it at least roll out a better system that values protecting user data?

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Xbox is rolling out age verification in the UK with some social features blocked for young users, and no, you can't use Death Stranding to get around this one

By James Bentley Published

News It may even begin rolling out to more countries.

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Brits can get around Discord's age verification thanks to Death Stranding's photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK's Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima

By Jacob Ridley Published

News The UK's new act blocks access to adult content without identification. Turns out, you only need a copy of Death Stranding and a phone to get around it.

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