Just to be clear, it's a UK law, not an EU law, although the EU will very likely have a similar law in the near future, the UK is basically volunteering themselves as a test bed for this shitty law, similar laws are in some American States, the UK's law takes things a step further, it goes beyond just porn, anything which could result in a child being exposed to 18+ content is locked behind age verification now and it has been so sloppily implemented that companies don't even know what to restrict now, BlueSky is also disabling DMs unless age verified and so will others.
As for Xbox, IIRC South Korea has a similar law but any account over 18 years old doesn't need to verify their identity, for Xbox I imagine if you've used a CC to purchase anything that will be another age verification method. The reason it is being expanded to other countries is because this is the direction the world is heading in unless we push back against it, stop it in the UK or else others will copy.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 30 July 2025
