The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act took effect on July 25th. Among other provisions, the new law makes websites responsible for protecting UK children from content deemed harmful, like pornography or the promotion of eating disorders. This has resulted in many of the most-used websites, including Pornhub, X and Reddit, either putting up or planning to put up age verification barriers to restrict access by minors.
Age-restricting laws put broadly popular websites in a difficult position. Sites like Reddit that rely on user-generated content have no
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