Age verification and gt.ru
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So age verification is sadly becoming a thing in more and more places with no consideration for negative impacts. Will this site be forced to implement it as well or there are no plans for now?
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I am not a moderator, so what I say is just this member's personal opinion.
Age verification has entered a dark new age. Most sites that say they require age verification will settle for an upload of a scan/.jpg of the applicant's driver's licence or other government identification. These can be altered by someone skillful with Photoshop, or ordered on the dark web for a fee as little as 100 USD. Sites requiring age verification have little incentive to resort to more sophisticated approaches, as they don't want to turn away business. I don't think they are concerned with the "negative aspects" you mention, other than not wanting to host an OnlyFans (or the like) model who is quite obviously under 18
I heard a BBC report this morning that Australia was banning social media accounts for those under 14. One can argue the pros and cons of such a rule, but I suspect it will spawn a vigourous industry in making false ID's.
The people who run gt.ru have no doubt given this matter considerable thought, and I hope they weigh in here.
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Short answer: No it is not coming. The site is not hosted in the US, UK, Australia, so it doesn't have to comply with those rules in order to operate. If the countries that force age verification really want to, they can order ISPs to block the site's IP, but since this is a torrent website and most users already rely on a VPN to download, it will have no effect whatsoever.
If you are in the US, UK or Australia and are not using a VPN for your torrent client already, you're crazy.
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