The change is due to new age verification laws in the UK.
  • zerofk@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    2 hours ago

    Even if you trust what they say about access and removal of identifying information (which I don’t), they admit they store the birthday. What purpose could that possibly have after confirming you’re an adult? Checking whether you’re becoming a minor again?

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
    24·
    3 hours ago

    It’s likely not the end of Reddit, though. It’s just going to be booming business for VPN providers. And other people will just upload their selfie. Last time I was asked to do something similar, I used AI to generate one and that worked fine.

  • Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    37·
    4 hours ago

    I hate reddit as much as the other guy, but I’m not sure what other course of action they have if they are by law required to do this.

    What this new law means for fediverse users and servers hosted in the UK is still to be found out.

    • kbal@fedia.io
      3·
      27 minutes ago

      The morally correct course of action for an international Internet-based business facing this situation would be to cut all ties with the UK, make sure you have no business presence there at all, and then duly ignore their laws.

      But that might make the shareholders unhappy I guess.

    • Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world
      English
      24·
      3 hours ago

      Host server -> ignore law -> eventually get shutdown -> host new server -> ignore law

      Its torrent sites all over again

      • huppakee@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        19 minutes ago

        Big corps like reddit and pornhub will likely not lower themselves to the likes of pirate bay. Not my opinion, only an assumption.

  • notsure@fedia.io
    51·
    3 hours ago

    …yet the most wonderful thing about the atman-brahma is that everyone is no one and everyone…anonymity is required for nirvana…