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Nexus Mods announce age verification for UK users

The Nexus Mods team have announced they're adding an age verification requirement for certain mods, and it sounds like eventually for the EU too.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

You probably know @neil but if not, follow him and check out his blog for the #OnlineSafetyAct. Just beware his jokes 😆

@iftas

> Government considers social media time limits for children

Here we go again: an Internet watershed...

I wonder how the government proposes to identify "social media apps" for the (alleged) two hour time limit.

Per service? Or will service providers have to exchange information with each other as to how much time has elapsed?

Will they name which service providers they actually mean (Meta , TikTok etc.)?

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d434…

#OnlineSafetyAct

Social media time limits for children considered by government

The BBC understands proposals include a two-hour cap on apps and a 22:00 curfew.

^{Adam Hale (BBC News)}

I've still not heard back from my MP Steve Reed, about the letter I sent to him about this.

Shower of bastards.

#Labour #Ofcom #OnlineSafetyAct #UKPOL #UKPolitics

Saddling small sites with the same duties as huge platforms means many will shut down in a hammer blow to net plurality.

We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services; the incubators of online harms.

URGENT: The UK government must change the Online Safety Act to protect safe, non-commercial blogs, forums and fediverse.

Write to your MP to #SaveOurSites 🌐

action.openrightsgroup.org/sav…

#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #fediverse #ukpolitics #ukpol #activitypub #mastodon #netplurality

Save our sites - Write to your MP

Small UK websites, user-to-user services and even computer games that are completely safe and well managed, are faced with difficult paperwork, risks assessments, registration and fines thanks to the Online Safety Act.

^{Open Rights Group}