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

• donuts@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So, the UK sucks.

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    • parody@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Beware USA :(((

      Supreme Court’s ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online (July 4, 2025)

      [commented the same a few days back]

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      • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Happy birthday, USA

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      • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is why many adult sites are banning access if your IP is from TN or any of the other american states that love jesus more than freedom.

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    • Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Something similar is coming to Australia as well.

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  • lolrightythen@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • HereIAm@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I believe if the UK finds a site that doesn’t comply with the law, they will block it from their side of things. I haven’t read anything about websites needing to be proactive to block the UK if they don’t plan to comply.

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• ptu@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or it can just defederate from UK based instances.

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  • irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    .zip blocks users from the UK iirc.

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lemmy.zip blocks uk users on its front end but I think its contents is still federated.

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