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Reddit users in the United Kingdom will now be banned from reaching “specific mature content” unless they complete the new age verification process. Redit announced on Monday UK users will need to download a personal photo or image of their government’s identifier in order to display registered content at less than 18 years UK’s online safety law (OSA)Including abusive, violent and sexual material materials.
The age verification process is carried out by Persona, a third -party provider that will not be able to access the Reddit data for users or keep pictures for more than seven days. Reddit says he will also not be able to access the downloaded images, and that they will only store the birth conditions and verification situations so that users do not need to redefine their account. I managed to complete the process myself this morning using a personal photo in less than a minute, although the image tool faced some difficulty in discovering my face properly.
“Reddit has been built on the principle that you should not need to share personal information to participate in meaningful discussions,” Redait said in her announcement. “Although we still do not want to know who you are on Radet, there are definitely situations where it will be useful if we know more about you.”
Reddit noted that there is a “increasing number of judicial states” that have passed or considering laws that require online platforms to verify the ages of their users. As such, the platform says it also provides a global choice for users to provide their birth process “to help ensure that content and ads are suitable for age”, and age verification requirements may be presented in other regions.
More information about the verification process It can be found here. A list of the categories of content set on minors – some of them can be considered self -can, such as the “romantic” content depression, despair and despair – It can also be found here.
like A similar life examination presented on Bluesky Last week, the agenda of Reddit is presented to comply with the rules under OSA that requires online platforms to implement measures that protect children from seeing harmful content that is not suitable for age by July 25. According to a report The Reddit, published by British Communications Organization, last year, was the fastest growing social media platform in the United Kingdom in 2024, where it witnessed an increase of 47 percent year on an annual basis for adult users.
Office said in a statement “in a statement:” The online safety rules in the United Kingdom enter into force and change change. The community has long protection of young people from the inappropriate products for them, from alcohol to smoking or gambling. ” freedom. “Now, children will be better protected from online materials that are not suitable for them, while adult rights are preserved to access legal content. We expect that other companies will follow their example, or face their enforcement if they fail to act.”
The advertisement also mentioned Reddit “he wants to be able” to confirm whether users are a human being or not in the new AI. “It contains this more than that later,” Reddit said, indicating that the platform is planning Cutting on artificial intelligence bots accounts.