In the UK, as part of the government’s proposed age verification law for viewing pornography, Reddit and Twitter may be required to verify age.
This is reported The Guardian.
Reddit and Twitter are said to be among the few major social networks that continue to host large amounts of explicit adult content. The ministers said that social networks “where a large amount of pornographic material is available” will have to comply with the same age verification rules as other commercial porn sites.
If the government passes the law, it could leave Twitter and Reddit with a choice: either verify the age of users or find a way to remove adult content from their services in the UK.
The proposed legislation would require British internet users to provide proof of identity to verify age and, if they are over 18, to access a porn site.
If passed, sites that fail to prove they have reliable age checks could be fined 10% of their global revenue by the regulator or risk being banned outright by UK ISPs.
