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    Reddit wurde vom Information Commissioner’s Office mit einer Geldstrafe von 14 Millionen Pfund wegen Altersüberprüfungen belegt


    Reddit wurde vom Information Commissioner’s Office mit einer Geldstrafe von 14 Millionen Pfund wegen Altersüberprüfungen belegt

    https://news.sky.com/story/reddit-fined-14m-by-information-commisioners-office-over-age-verification-checks-13511472

    Von DarkSkiesGreyWaters

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    1. dodderyblod on

      I was thinking about this, and shouldn’t google also be in hot water? you can google porn and go to images and it’s all shown, no age verification required.

      Edit: Im not saying I agree with this law, just pointing out how dumb the implementation of it has been.

      Edit of the edit: Even more so if it is the case search engines are exempt since thats what we all use to find this stuff, if you can just google porn and find those images with that much ease, what really is the point in making individual sites check ages of visitors.

      Final edit aimed at the comments saying this isn’t about the OSA, this is a quote from the article the bbc have just posted “In July 2025, Reddit [started verifying the age of users](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4ep1znk4zo) in order to comply with the requirements of the Online Safety Act (OSA).

      But the ICO said the platform relied on asking users to declare their age when opening an account – a technique it said was „easy to bypass“.

      The regulator added companies operating online services likely to be accessed by children had a responsibility to protect them, including by making sure the way children’s data was collected and used did not expose them to risks.

      „To do this, they need to be confident they know the age of their users and have appropriate, effective age assurance measures in place,“ said Mr Edwards.

      „Reddit failed to meet these expectations.““

    3. The_Bravinator on

      Maybe the fact that a company as big as Reddit failed is a sign that these regulations set a standard that is impossible to meet. I had to do an age verification selfie when the law went into effect, but apparently that wasn’t good enough?

      At this rate, I’m worried we’re going to see more sites pull out of the UK entirely.

    4. Interesting-Voice328 on

      They should of mixed the paperwork with acid and human effluent and dumped it in the Thames for a lower fine

    5. Amens on

      How are they calculating them fines ? By early revenue Reddit makes or is just some random numbers ?

    6. Sleemnippo on

      Good. Companies should not be allowed to benefit or profit from exploiting underage children. They should have a duty not to monetise them, and to protect them from inappropriate content. Capitalism should have ethical and legal guardrails.

    7. MultiMidden on

      >It said Reddit failed to:

      >• Apply any robust age assurance mechanism and therefore did not have a lawful basis for processing the personal information of children under the age of 13.

      >• Carry out a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) to assess and mitigate risks to children before January 2025.

      Age verification was basically non-existent up until recently and with the volume of NSFW content on Reddit I’ve often wondered how many of those who are really upset about age verification are actually over 18. Yes there are perfectly valid privacy concerns, but if you’re an adult and bothered by it you just sign-up to a VPN and get around the issue. If you’re not an adult then it’s a bit of a problem…

    8. These-Sport-421 on

      Does any redditor in the UK even do Reddit’s facescan rather than just opening up a vpn?

    9. 50_61S-----165_97E on

      Usually I’m against tech companies, but they should band together and collectively leave the UK market over this puritanical nonsense

    10. Optimal-Leather341 on

      I can see them pointing out the poor implementation by the UK Govt in an appeal to the fine or that not possible

    11. vaguelypurple on

      These fuckers are intending to completely destroy and sterilise the internet for UK citizens.

    12. dnemonicterrier on

      So they took a social media site that let’s you be anonymous and fined it for not checking people’s identities? Yeah well done on proving that your own legislation is fucking stupid Labour…

    13. DecayAnimation on

      I got age checked via a video selfie soon after joining, the main problem is how poorly this was all implemented. Youtubes guesses your age via the videos you watch without requiring ID yet they’re fine with that

    15. jenny_905 on

      That stupid law has required me to run a VPN permanently just to visit my regular, everyday websites that are in no way porn… and that’s not enough for Starmer?

    16. NickHoadley on

      Yeah fuck this over regulation BS & fuck the government. This is ridiculous.

    17. ToffeeAppleCider on

      They should just age verify the people signing up to mobile phone and internet deals.

      Oh wait they do? Problem sorted

    18. sephtis on

      I’m currently struggling to find a party I don’t hate the guts of. If one runs on getting rid of this bollocks for good and isn’t batshit insane, it would be a starting point.

    19. Sir_Madfly on

      Why is no one bothering to read the article? It says Reddit isn’t checking its users are aged 13 and over, and are thus illegally processing the private information of children under 13.

      This has nothing to do with porn.

    20. KoffieCreamer on

      I’m starting to wonder if this is just a money making scheme disguised as ‘save the children’.

      Seems like an easy way to shake down companies for millions.

    21. Old-Information3311 on

      Soon you will have to give your id to every website that allows you to post, message, comment, or upload content. The data of what every one is doing online will be given to companies like palantir who will use it for mass surveilance, cambridge analytica style political manipulation, and creating lists of the people they find to be subversive.

    22. bomboclawt75 on

      This all about censorship- not about protecting children- if it was, no child in the UK would go hungry or cold or live in poverty- or indeed no WMD would be sold to countries that slaughter children by the tens if thousands- yeah that one.

      Plus they would have done a deep dive into all those connected with Epstein years ago. And remember, Sir Jim’ll was never prosecuted despite all the evidence.

      This is all about control and mass surveillance on US.

      Politicians and the Elite of course are totally exempt.

    23. Cela111 on

      >“Children under 13 had their personal information collected and used in ways they could not understand, consent to or control. That left them potentially exposed to content they should not have seen. This is unacceptable and has resulted in today’s fine.

      >“Let me be clear. Companies operating online services likely to be accessed by children have a responsibility to protect those children by ensuring they’re not exposed to risks through the way their data is used. To do this, they need to be confident they know the age of their users and have appropriate, effective age assurance measures in place.

      *Children having their information collected and used is bad*…

      So websites have to *“protect those children by ensuring they’re not exposed to risks through the way their data is used“*…

      The solution for this is to make sure websites are *“confident they know the age of their users“*…

      Which they will do by….. ??? Hello? Anyone?

    24. yadasellsavonmate on

      It it just me or is this Labour government’s main focus seem to be trying to control the narrative online?  Seems like a new law/restriction being announced every day.

      If they put this much effort into the economy we’d be flying.

    25. Redd1t2026 on

      Most companies will just blocklist access from the UK. These companies don’t exist to make the UK government money.

    26. Infinite_prevalence on

      This act does NOTHING to protect children; mass surveillance once again under the extremely transparent guise of ‘protect the children’.

      There is only one way to protect the children and that is good parenting; that is what the government should be investing time and money in to, initiative and awareness and then, colour me crazy, but maybe fine parents for allowing children access to these website that are unsuitable? But no that would target the root cause of the issue and wouldn’t allow the government to become big brother. People need to be kicking off about this way more.

    27. Man_in_the_uk on

      „A statement from the ICO said Reddit’s failings included not checking the age of users accessing its platform, putting youngsters at risk.“

      This is infuriating for me, I am in my mid 40s and the age regulation page doesn’t work so I can’t access any sub or user rated 18 or over.

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