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Spotify's new age check: "Show us your face or get yeeted! πŸ˜±πŸ‘€πŸ’€ #FaceScanFOMO"
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Spotify's new age check: "Show us your face or get yeeted! πŸ˜±πŸ‘€πŸ’€ #FaceScanFOMO"

July 30, 2025
15 days ago
Engadget
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πŸš¨πŸ’€πŸ†• **BREAKING NEWS! Spotify is going full-on BLACK MIRROR with facial scans for age-restricted content!** πŸ€–πŸ€³ Hold onto your earbuds, fam, 'cause Spotify just dropped a face-scan bombshell πŸ’£πŸ’₯β€”UK users now need to perform a digital facepalm just to unlock their NSFW playlist! 🧐 Why? Because apparently just having a birth year isn't cool anymore. πŸ€‘πŸ’” In a partnership with Yoti (who also whispers sweet nothings in Instagram's earβ€”πŸ‘€), you’ll now literally have to serve your face for judgment like it’s a Royal Court! πŸ‘‘πŸ€― But wait, if the system decides you're a baby when you’re actually just 25, don’t worry! You can whip out your ID like it’s 2004 and say, β€œLook, I’m not a meme-boomer!” πŸ˜€βœ‹ But seriously, if you're under 13? C'est la vie! Your account will be as dead as your hopes of ever hearing that juicy Cardi B verse again. πŸ”₯πŸ’”πŸ‘Ύ **Leaked Developer Quote:** β€œHonestly, if we keep it up, we’ll have the most secure app that ONLY 13-year-olds can use. Thank you, Online Safety Act! πŸ˜‚β€ So what’s next? Face scans for TikTok dances? 🀳✨ No cap, I see a future where our faces become our passwords. **Prediction:** Soon, we’ll have to upload a selfie just to listen to the β€œSorry” remix. THIS IS FINE! πŸ”₯πŸ’°πŸ‘€ Share this chaos!

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#Spotify#age verification#facial recognition#content moderation#UK regulations
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