The change is due to new age verification laws in the UK.

Finally it seems the end of Reddit is near.

  • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
    743·
    3 days ago

    Under the new UK law, lemmynsfw would also need to have some kind of age verification for UK users.

    • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
      995·
      3 days ago

      This. Can’t believe we’re seeing “lol Reddit sucks” when this is a country-wide implementation and has nothing to do with Reddit in particular.

    • ptu@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      16·
      3 days ago

      Just curious, how would this happen in practice? As I understand lemmy instances are defederated across the globe. Who would they send their demands to? Also there is already some nsfw content in lemmy, are those expected to respond now in some way?

      • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        Maybe they’ll just make the Fediverse illegal in the UK. Or all non-corporate sites that can’t afford to pay a company like Persona.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Or it can just defederate from UK based instances.

      .zip has already been trying to figure out how to handle this law, its also UK based.