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BBC confirms ALL websites accessible in the UK will have to implement ID/age verification of every user by July. And websites will have to remove "illegal content" from today. Including criticism of the UK Government. Activists still claim it's not enough and want the UK to exit the Internet.
posted ago by TheOpiner ago by TheOpiner +126 / -0

https://archive.ph/YIiY9

And from the summer all sites must have robust age verification systems to prevent children accessing a range of content.

Being "safe for kids" is no longer an exemption and it was never just for "adult content".

ETA: First known casualty of the new law, browser based MMO Urban Dead closed on the 14th citing the Online Safety Act's requirements for moderation unviable and unworkable.

https://archive.ph/NX0FT

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