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Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content | Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.
Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.
Much like the many laws in U.S. states that keep users from accessing porn unless they upload an ID or pass biometric face scanning, the law requires sites operating in the UK to implement age verification or face millions of dollars in fines and jail—or up to 10 percent of global revenues, whichever is higher. So far, it’s resulted in people having to verify their ages to visit subreddits that post news about war, certain Discord community, certain Bluesky content, and more. Critics of age verification laws say they only create more censorship for adults, while children and everyone else get around the checks by using VPNs or visiting less safe, noncompliant sites.
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