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They are not a Very Large Online Portal and do definitely not have to implement this in the EU under the DSA. There is a list, if you are on it, you have to do it, if not then not. Also, the EU wide system for eID is not yet completed and currently there is a plethora of single services, one per country, for eID.

I know that they have to do this stuff in the UK, but fkn leave me alone with that shit. It only causes me to switch location in my VPN and doesn't help anyone, not even the kids this crap law pretends to protect.

e: here'S the list. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/list-designated-vlops-and-vloses

I was preparing my verbal pitchforks, but it seems they have chosen a middle ground. they will only require verification for adult content, and only in the EU and UK.

which means that if you don't need adult content or you can use a VPN, then it seems it won't affect you. so they are probably doing the bare minimum required by law

Let's hope that new EU age verification system is actually good and privacy friendly.

1. Add censorship for mods containing adult (sexual) content.

2. Slowly move the bar so that more content falls under definition of "adult" (themes of violence, LGBTQ+ themes).

3. Continue to move the bar until desired level of censorship is obtained.

Well done, you've used moral panic to control your media.

Dark futures aside, why do I think that folks are just going to VPN their way in?

I'm glad they aren't just nuking every sexy mod from the site and chose to comply instead.

Loverslab would've crashed from all the sign ups lol.

It sucks that they have to do this. But I prefer this than to simply lock out users from the affected countries.

(Looking at steam here, not bothering to create age verification, which in turn means in some countries some games are not visible/purchasable at all)

I miss the internet being a wild west.

It certainly had its downsides, but it felt a lot better than the nonsense that's been happening over the past decade+.