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Spotify introduces face-scanning age checks for UK users, as some furious fans threaten to return to piracy

Spotify is the latest app to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, with users being asked to verify their age in order to ...

Spotify may delete accounts if users fail new mandatory age checks

Spotify is the latest company to introduce age checks to try and stop children accessing adult content, following the ...
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Spotify picks Yoti for age verification, estimation amid UK’s OSA growing pains

Spotify has implemented age assurance in the form of facial age estimation and ID verification with face biometrics to comply ...
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Spotify introduces major new restrictions for users and it's already sparking backlash

Despite the app's honourable intentions, the latest restrictions implemented by Spotify bosses has sparked mass backlash ...
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UK’s Online Safety Act Reshapes Digital Access—Spotify Will Enforce Strict Age Verification Measures

A major shift has rippled through the United Kingdom’s digital landscape with the full implementation of the Online Safety ...

Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet

The outcome so far is an assortment of online services handling sensitive user information — a “privacy nightmare,” says Cody ...

Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet

A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and ...