Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK - BBC Reddit has introduced age verification on its UK site to stop people aged under 18 from looking at "certain mature content" The social media platform brought in the measures to comply with new
Reddit Launches New Age Checking Requirements in the UK Reddit has announced that it will begin verifying user ages in the U K before enabling access to restricted subreddits, in line with evolving U K laws, which could also expand to other regions In the U K , the new Online Safety Act requires that all platforms implement measures to prevent children from accessing age-inappropriate content As a result, beginning this week, Reddit says that