Comment on Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits

• iii@mander.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  has no business doing it.

  Reddit is doing this as a response to regulation as well. Governments all around europe are turning digital communications into a highly regulated environment (“for the children”), because they’re afraid of communicating. UK is just one of the earlier.

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  • themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That is why I said highly regulated, bank have many safeguard to protect clients for example PCI DSS. On the other hand as far as I know this is a law requiring them to verify people and I don’t think there is a standard for this. Every company will do its own thing.

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    • iii@mander.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Seems like you use the phrase “highly regulated” differently then me. You use it to describe the “how”, for me the “what” is sufficient.

      From my point of view the law heavily restricts people’s freedom to be, that’s the mistake. Doesn’t matter the specific implementation, task forces, …

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      • themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        An example for highly regulated for me would be a periodic audit to insure security and compliance with security control. This law is honestly dangerous in regards to privacy and endangers miners not help them. There no safety guards whatsoever.

        papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=52087…

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