Comment on Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 18 hours agoReal 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.
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.
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.
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.
Yeah only if the UK can actually manage to enforce any consequences to site admins outside the UK. I’ll wait and watch.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 18 hours ago
Honestly I have no idea. I guess they could just block it if they don’t comply?