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Government look to impose mandatory age verification on UK Smartphones

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/government-look-to-impose-mandatory-age-verification-on-uk-smartphones.html

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  • lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The children have access to child nudity - of their own bodies!

    We need to develop self-locking clothing, and only adults over 18 are allowed to undress themselves

    (this is about the same level of insanity)

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  • manualoverride@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What is the best way to ensure you can associate the user with their advertising ID are really over 18, by using a genuine government ID, like a driving licence.

    Totally unrelated but I heard a massive data leak means you can buy pretty much anyone’s driving licence for $100 on the dark web, politicians, celebs, that neighbour you don’t like. Crazy world we’re living in eh?!

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  • RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This won’t actually affect anybody because all the smartphones are made in China not the UK ☝️🤓

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    • zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Also impossible to enforce, second hand market exists.

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      • jnod4@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Just make the owning of an unverified phone be illegal and criminalised

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