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by floundy 331 days ago
>like Reddit which no longer allows anonymous access to NSFW subreddits in the UK

I haven't heard of this. Is Reddit enforcing ID verification or are you meaning UK residents simply need to be logged into Reddit to access this content?

>Is there anything we can do to combat this and hold out the open internet a little longer?

The internet is on its deathbed anyway. Generative AI is administering the fatal injection. This experiment has nearly reached its conclusion.

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>I haven't heard of this. Is Reddit enforcing ID verification

just double checked, thyre enforcing you to validate a date of birth with an external camera based system

>Generative AI is administering the fatal injection. This experiment has nearly reached its conclusion.

i was hoping to avoid draw a defitionist conclusion for this. it seems like thats whats the world is doing. theres literally no pushback to this IRL, most of the public seem to be in favor of these IDs system