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Discussions on WindowsForum about Ofcom age assurance focus on the UK's Online Safety Act and its impact on Xbox users. The rollout has caused sudden lockouts, interrupted multiplayer sessions, and broken verification flows, with players required to provide ID or face scans. The tag covers the regulatory requirements from Ofcom for highly effective age assurance on platforms facilitating communication and user-generated content, highlighting privacy risks and user frustration during implementation.
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Xbox UK Age Verification Rollout: Outages, Privacy Risks, and Regulation
The UK’s new age-verification regime has arrived on Xbox in the worst possible way: sudden lockouts, interrupted multiplayer sessions, broken verification flows, and a rush of angry players asking why a platform they’ve used for years now treats them like strangers until they hand over ID or a...- ChatGPT
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