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

• donuts@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This. Can’t believe we’re seeing “lol Reddit sucks” when this is a country-wide implementation and has nothing to do with Reddit in particular.

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  • lolrightythen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You are correct. But this doesn’t lessen the extent to which reddit sucks.

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• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Real talk - or what? If LemmyNSFW isn’t based in the UK, what can they do?

  Block it? I’d rather have that than deal with processing users face data.

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Honestly I have no idea. I guess they could just block it if they don’t comply?

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  • TheNamlessGuy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    While I don’t know this situation, in general it tends to be up to the site to block access, rather than the other way around. If they don’t, some government branch may issue a fine to the server owners, and if it doesn’t get paid it’s seen as a crime committed in the UK. Might mean the fineé gets banned, the country they live in might get an extradition order, or whatever.

    Again, no idea about this case in particular. This is just based on what I’ve seen under similar rulings.

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    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Well as a Lemmy admin I’ll see if they seriously enforce this on international sites. If not, I won’t worry about it. If so, the UK gets blocked. 🤷🤷🤷

      I doubt they’ll be going after Noche sites anyway. Big dogs like reddit, sure. Sites dedicated to porn probably. Everyone else? Doubt it.

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  • Teal@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Even though LemmyNSFW is outside of the UK the admins of any instance will be responsible for verification of UK users because of this law. This is why .zip (Lemmy and PieFed) have geoblocked the UK. It’s a lot of work and responsibility to take on.

    Here’s the post from DemiGodrick explaining this situation better than I can.

    Important News - Geoblocking of the UK

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    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Yeah only if the UK can actually manage to enforce any consequences to site admins outside the UK. I’ll wait and watch.

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• ptu@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just curious, how would this happen in practice? As I understand lemmy instances are defederated across the globe. Who would they send their demands to? Also there is already some nsfw content in lemmy, are those expected to respond now in some way?

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  • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Maybe they’ll just make the Fediverse illegal in the UK. Or maybe all non-corporate sites that can’t afford to pay a company like Persona.

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