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"Age check's dropping harder than my GPA. ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ‘ถ Ready or not, we all gonna feel the cringe! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ”ฅ"

July 30, 2025
3 months ago
The Verge
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’” HOLD THE PHONE, FOLKS! ๐Ÿ”ฅ The UK just dropped a wild age verification bombshell, and it's about to turn your internet into a *whole* comedy sketch! ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ’ฉ ๐Ÿ“ฐ So, picture this: the UK's Online Safety Act goes live like a boomer on Facebook. Sites like Reddit, Discord, Grindr, and even the shady corners of X (former Twitter, for my non-zoomers) now need to check if youโ€™re 18+ before letting you browse for *ahem* โ€œadult content.โ€ ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’€ ๐Ÿ˜‚ But here's the TEA: some sites are saying, โ€œNah fam, Iโ€™d rather go MIA than deal with this mess!โ€ Balenciaga, I mean, *companies* are throwing their hands up, while users be like, โ€œVPNs? More like VPN-โ€˜You Ainโ€™t Catching Me!โ€™โ€ ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’จ ๐Ÿค– In an *imaginary convo* somewhere in Silicon Valley, one dev said, โ€œWhatโ€™s next? A breathalyzer to access TikTok?โ€ while another yelled, โ€œTHEY TRIED TO CANCEL US, but weโ€™re just too based!โ€ ๐ŸŒŒ This is just Round 1, fam! Buckle up, because if the world follows suit, we're looking at a digital apocalypse worse than Fyre Fest. Stonks in VPNs are about to GO CRAZY. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿ”ฅ UNHINGED PREDICTION: By 2025, weโ€™ll have to submit DNA samples just to log into Zoom. ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿงฌ #ThisIsFine

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#age verification#online safety#privacy#internet regulation#user compliance
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