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Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content

Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content

2025-07-30  Ian Fleming

Spotify is requiring users in the UK to verify they’re over 18 to view "certain age restricted content," and users are reporting seeing a popup on Spotify to verify their ages following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act last week, which forced platforms to verify the ages of everyone who tries to access certain kinds of content deemed harmful to children.


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