nixCraft 🐧UK users of Reddit, X, Insta, FB, Bluesky, TikTok, and many other popular platforms are now facing problems. They are being forced to verify their age using government issued IDs and a selfie. All of these for-profit corporations may use this information further for profit or may not even store user information securely. This is a nightmare scenario for many, and I wouldn't be surprised if other governments adopt similar laws.
bazkie 👩🏼💻 bitplanes 🎵@nixCraft I hope this will move a lot of people to use VPNs and not to compliance
Mark@nixCraft Fortunately (sic) enough this Labour government might be considering banning vpn's altogether?? And then the social democrats (just to be clear usually my kind of party) wonder why they're losing elections? Bootlicking Trump and then mimicking China. Bring it on!
Estarriol, Terrorist Dragon@nixCraft they are all optional, so just don't sign up.
The worry is not the sites, or data storage, it is the government issued ID bit....
Soon you will need an ID to do anything in the UK.....
Tory tony finally gets his ID card dream.
Davva@nixCraft
Is it a criminal offence to lie to those companies? Asking for a whole bunch of friends ;)
Is it a criminal offence to lie to those companies? Asking for a whole bunch of friends ;)
DavyJones@davva23 Lying it not illegal. Anything involving lying using official documents can easily be.
QueenLucita@nixCraft As a Brit living abroad, I miss my country. But knowing that laws like these are implemented it’s not really too bad after all to be abroad
David J. Atkinson@nixCraft This is absurd and intrusive. I’m in the US where authoritarianism is taking over. I will not comply.
yavuze@nixCraft 
Could a government make age verification service that could be integrated to other platforms while keeping user anonymous. What would be handicaps? I wouldn't mind this for keeping children off from certain... kind of content.
World really isn't aware of the internets effect on generations coming up.
Sheila DeBonis@nixCraft I'm hoping constituents tell their politicians how broken the law is, and could encourage dishonesty from children since they don't have IDs. There was a similar law in Australia but I think it's been weakened now because it was such a mess.
Luis Carlos
Kerry Nice@nixCraft Yes, Australia did miss the boat for being the first to implement poorly thought out social media ban laws, but at least they will be the second. We'll be going down that messy road in December.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/teen-social-media-ban-explained/105590990
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/teen-social-media-ban-explained/105590990
@@nixCraft I'm in the UK and have no such problems,…but it might be because I do not have Reddit, X, Insta, FB, BlueSky and TikTok...just Mastodon :) #happylife #free
Trezzer (aka Helvedeshunden)@nixCraft The EU is working on something similar, but that will be an app instead – which only verifies age without handing over data. Forcing people to send their personal ID to ad-driven corporations is insanity.
F44@nixCraft Well, I had no issue using Tiktok and Instagram. Don't know about other platforms you mentioned.
Plus I saw on news that this was for platforms with adult contents like Pornhub.
Plus I saw on news that this was for platforms with adult contents like Pornhub.
Usagi
Michal Bryxí@nixCraft "Just use VPN" reply guy in 3, 2,...