US EditionSpotify Users Threaten to 'Quit' App as Accounts Could Be Deleted Under New Rule
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 30 – Users who fail to verify their age face losing access or account deletion under the UK Online Safety Act, with over 430,000 petitioning against the new rules, sources say.
- On July 25, new UK regulations under the Online Safety Act began requiring Spotify users to verify their age before accessing certain types of content.
- This legislation, passed in 2023, aims to protect young people by mandating age verification across platforms to restrict access to adult or harmful content.
- Spotify partnered with digital identity firm Yoti to carry out age checks via facial recognition or ID, affecting users trying to access explicit or 18+ labeled content.
- With 696 million users globally, Spotify warns those failing verification, especially under-13s, risk deactivation and eventual deletion of their accounts, prompting some users to threaten quitting.
- The enforcement of these age checks suggests tighter content controls on Spotify and other services, and has sparked opposition including petitions and increased VPN use to bypass verification.
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Spotify users threaten to 'quit' app as accounts could be deleted under new rule
Spotify users could have their accounts deleted if they fail to pass age verification checks now in force under the Online Safety Act in the UK.
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