{"id":3868,"date":"2025-08-01T08:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/?p=3868"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:56:17","slug":"spotify-introduces-age-verification-in-the-uk-under-new-online-safety-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/spotify-introduces-age-verification-in-the-uk-under-new-online-safety-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Introduces Age Verification in the UK Under New Online Safety Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spotify has started rolling out age verification for UK users, limiting access to certain content unless they confirm their age. The move comes in response to the Online Safety Act, a new law aimed at protecting children from harmful online material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Independent, the music streaming giant now requires users to verify their age before accessing content marked as \u201cadult.\u201d If the system detects that a user is under 13 \u2014 the minimum age to register for Spotify \u2014 their account could be removed altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law doesn’t just target explicit websites; it applies to any platform that might expose minors to potentially harmful content. As a result, even streaming services like Spotify are tightening their content access policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To comply with the new requirements, Spotify has partnered with Yoti, a UK-based digital identity company. Yoti\u2019s system uses facial analysis via smartphone camera to estimate a user\u2019s age \u2014 and promises to delete the image immediately after verification, ensuring data privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spotify says the check is necessary to access specific types of content, such as music videos labeled 18+ by rights holders. If facial verification fails or returns incorrect results, users can manually upload ID documents through their account settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reddit and mod-sharing platform Nexus Mods have already introduced similar age verification systems<\/a> in response to the same law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the UK ramps up efforts to create a safer digital space for young people, expect more platforms to follow suit \u2014 one facial scan at a time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spotify has started rolling out age verification for UK users, limiting access to certain content unless they confirm their age. The move comes in response to the Online Safety Act, a new law aimed at protecting children from harmful online material. According to The Independent, the music streaming giant now requires users to verify their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_gspb_post_css":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-scandal"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_url":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spotify-introduces-age-verification-in-the-uk-under-new-online-safety-law-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spotify-introduces-age-verification-in-the-uk-under-new-online-safety-law-300x171.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spotify-introduces-age-verification-in-the-uk-under-new-online-safety-law-768x437.jpg","large":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spotify-introduces-age-verification-in-the-uk-under-new-online-safety-law-1024x583.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spotify-introduces-age-verification-in-the-uk-under-new-online-safety-law-1536x875.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spotify-introduces-age-verification-in-the-uk-under-new-online-safety-law-2048x1166.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spotify-introduces-age-verification-in-the-uk-under-new-online-safety-law-18x10.jpg"},"post_author":"Astra","assigned_categories":"Technology","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}