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Steam UK users will now need a credit card to access mature content due to the Online Safety Act

Valve recently put up a new support page, detailing the steps they've taken to comply with the UK Online Safety Act.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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nictakiego
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hahaha, aight. Maybe when they have orwells dystopia they will realise that freedom is not given forever.
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Mx Autumn
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Mx Autumn
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this is the least worst method they could have gone with; but it does now exclude adults who choose not to posses a credit card for a variety of personal reasons.
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This makes me think there are some very weird contradictions going on. Am I correct to think a parent in the UK could easily gift their child a mature game in a physical format, but not a mature Steam game? Would either even be illegal? Or only the Steam one because it’s digital?

It seems like all PC games are currently digital, but most console games are still available in a physical format. So a 13 year old could presumably be gifted mature games and could trade them with friends.

I think I heard that 16 year olds in the UK can enter bars? Can parents give a 16 year old alcohol? I’d imagine that would be more harmful than gifting a 16 year old Halo 3.

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