Source: https://infosec.exchange/users/isotopp/statuses/115059833470035521
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Age Verification
Due to applicable UK laws, websites must verify the age of visitors using official ID to confirm they are at least 18 years old. We are a small site and unfortunately do not have the resources to implement such a system, so we are unable to serve users in the UK.
We are not required to verify your location, so please confirm below:
[I am not in the UK] [I am in the UK]
This already happens occasionally with the EU’s GDPR.
it does, but i don’t think they’re actually following GDPR… GDPR applies to residents of the EU; not where they are accessing the content from… technically, if an EU resident accesses a non-GDPR-compliant site while visiting the US (etc), the site is still legally obligated to follow GDPR
it’d be way to difficult and probably ineffectual to enforce since the entity doesn’t necessarily exist in the EU (and they have bigger fish to fry, among many other reasons), but technically it’s there and they could probably do things like blocking executives from entering the EU or arresting them if they enter
Yup, that’s what we’re saying. Some sites don’t work in EU because they don’t want to comply with GDPR, so it’s likely some sites will stop working in UK because they don’t want to comply with their anti privacy laws.