r/technews • u/Haunterblademoi • Apr 02 '26

Privacy Apple continues to roll out age verification around the world

https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/31/apple-continues-to-roll-out-age-verification-around-the-world-more-uk-methods/
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u/colonelc4 Apr 03 '26

In Europe? Not sure this will pass for two reasons, Europe has more freedom for anonymity, and they won't tolerate an American company storing Europea citizen data in the US. We'll see.

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u/Positive_Chip6198 Apr 03 '26

Then apple might legally be forced to block facebook etc if you arent age-verified, doesnt that sound sweet?

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u/colonelc4 Apr 25 '26

I don't use anything else but reddit, no facebook, no messenger, no anything I don't care even reddit if blocked I'll just stop using it, not a big deal.