Just curious. I think the odds have gone up quite a bit, and if that happens, we’d potentially see a glut of people. I’m sure they must be watching this.

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    Very possible because more and more countries are bringing in mandatory age verification so it may be easier for them to just make everyone upload ID regardless of where they live ( because it solves the problem of people getting around age verification by using VPN)

    Depressing.

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        The lady who spearheaded age verification in Australia is either the most useful idiot who ever lived or a lying snake. She talked about forcing us all to give our pictures to Peter Thiel like it was bringing the corporations to account.

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    Fairly likely if the current political climate continues. Could be a big boon for Lemmy honestly, if we’ve got the porn and no one else does.

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    Didn’t they already implement this for UK users and maybe Australia? If they already have the software ready to go there probably isn’t much barrier to it happening

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      Only if you wanted to view 18+restricted content. Most of Reddit is still open access but if you click a darker sub or spicy user account you get bounced out to home.

      But I do think the whole Reddit eco system is going to be subject to checks very soon.

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    I have a very slight feeling Reddit’s working for China, and not for the US. If I’m right, then chances only grow since the pushes for identity verification gained traction around last September.