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Recent news suggest online based platforms such as Sindome and other media which lack sufficient age gates may be subject to vast fines. Is Sindome at risk?

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/mmo/cult-text-based-zombie-mmo-urban-dead-is-shutting-down-after-a-full-19-years-8-months-and-11-days-because-of-new-uk-legislation/

https://urbandead.com/shutdown.html

By ReeferMadness at Mar 4, 2025, 11:56 PM | 0
For tiny niche games like Sindome that do not actively advertise in the UK it's really not something to worry about in practice.

But to comply is also not extremely complicated, you just have to show good-faith checks being carried out to prevent minors from using the service. This really can be as simple as requiring a date of birth to be inputted before accessing the website or making a new account. That and small updates to sindome TOS, but you would need a lawyer for it.

By Aida at Mar 5, 2025, 12:03 AM | 0
While I disagree that a basic age gate would be in compliance with OSA 2023, because it requires duty of care (which we can't provide) and risk assessment of content for harm to children (which we won't do) and demonstrative age verification that can be shown to be highly effective at preventing children from accessing content (which we don't have), I do agree Sindome has no compliance issues because it doesn't qualify as UK linked:

By 0x1mm at Mar 5, 2025, 2:47 AM | 0
I'm glad you are also a UK lawyer in your 100% confident expertise.
By Aida at Mar 5, 2025, 2:59 AM | 0
No, I'm not a practicing lawyer anywhere and cannot provide legal advice, that is just my general informational opinion as someone with a background in GDPR auditing.
By 0x1mm at Mar 5, 2025, 3:11 AM | 0
Yeah, no that was painfully clear when you suggested that duty of care is something someone "provides".
By Aida at Mar 5, 2025, 3:12 AM | 0
It's been 8 years since I wrote a Law of Torts exam, so you'll have to spare the shibboleths out of pity. Would my tattered copy of Byrne and McCutcheon, papers on Schrem v Facebook and expired WestLaw logins be okay, or do I have to recite 22 ER 931 from memory to pass inspection lol.
By 0x1mm at Mar 5, 2025, 3:28 AM | 0
And anyway the obligation of duty of care can be provided for (within the operating procedures of an organization that has one). You interpolated provided to (users).
By 0x1mm at Mar 5, 2025, 3:44 AM | 0
I may have missed the implication that you were yourself a UK-based lawyer in which case I wasn't challenging your legal opinion Aida, but if so I'm a bit surprised you say that classic age gating meets requirements when Ofcom itself states it doesn't, and instead specifies highly-effective methods as including: Open banking, photo ID matching, photo age estimation, mobile phone provider checks, credit card checks, and digital wallet checks.

I'd defer to an expert on this topic but on its face that appears to be a pretty serious burden. Maybe we should be blocking UK IPs just to stave off problems.

By 0x1mm at Mar 5, 2025, 4:01 AM | 0
I appreciate the concern folx are showing, and the opinions, it's helpful. At the same time, I gotta ask for everyone to be civil to each other, give each other the benefit of the doubt, etc.
By Slither at Mar 5, 2025, 6:46 AM | 0
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