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Age verification legislation is tanking traffic to sites that comply, and rewarding those that don't
So much for horny jail.
A new report suggests that the UK's age verification measures may be having unforeseen knock-on effects on web traffic, with the real winners being sites that flout the law entirely. Web users in the UK will likely be familiar with the new measures: a lot of my usual social media haunts now require age verification to even let me look at my direct messages as part of the Online Safety Act's stipulations. (Image credit: Yoti, Future)But age verification checks aren't just a thing for Brits desperate for steamy Baldur's Gate 3 mods to worry about.
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