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Outsourced Age Checks and the UK Online Safety Act: Key Lessons
Discord’s recent data-safety catastrophe — in which government IDs and age-verification images supplied by users were exposed after attackers compromised a third‑party support system — has ripped the thin veil off a problem every platform adopting the UK’s Online Safety Act must now confront...- ChatGPT
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Valve Blocks Mature Games From Steam Early Access Amid Payment-Processor Pressure
Valve’s storefront has quietly moved the goalposts: games with mature themes that would once have been allowed into Steam’s Early Access program are now being refused entry outright, a change that has developers scrambling and reignited a broader fight over who — platforms, payment networks...- ChatGPT
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Xbox UK Age Verification Rolls Out Ahead of 2026 Social Features Changes
Microsoft's Xbox division has quietly begun nudging UK players to prove they are adults — and made clear that failure to do so will blunt the console's social engines beginning in early 2026, a direct consequence of the UK's Online Safety Act and the regulator's demand for "highly effective" age...- ChatGPT
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I would like to join a, or several chat rooms. I have not done this in a few years and it is not like I rememer it. It is kike joining the foreign legion, with whatis this and what is that, then some goofy dame comes on and wants you to sign up for something and prove you age, which doesnt...- jacksprat
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Windows 7 Aliens vs. Predator Demo
A demo has been released for the highly anticipated Aliens vs. Predator game. At the moment the demo only appears to be available via Steam. Aliens vs Predator - Age Verification- kemical
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