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Spaldini 30 Aug @ 4:04pm
UK Online Safety Act verification required for ACCOUNTS CREATED OVER 18 YEARS AGO?!
> "Under the UK Online Safety Act, Valve is required to verify that you are 18 or older before accessing mature sexual content. If you wish to do so, please add a valid UK credit card to your account and afterwards update the Mature Content Preferences.
Add a credit card to this account"

Seriously Valve, holding an account for 18 years is kinda proof already don't you think?
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DarkCrystalMethod 30 Aug @ 4:07pm 
Politics found a loophole through the space-time continuum.
Now its on you to deal with the consequences of their actions.
(Not an official response, just making humor)
Last edited by DarkCrystalMethod; 30 Aug @ 4:07pm
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felak 30 Aug @ 4:21pm 
"b-but it's for the children!!"
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce 30 Aug @ 4:45pm 
Why we use this process

In the UK, Ofcom is the independent regulator for online safety. Ofcom’s guidance on the OSA states that one highly effective age assurance measure is credit card checks. This is because, in the UK, an individual must be at least 18 years of age to obtain a credit card, therefore credit card issuers are obliged to verify the age of an applicant before providing them with a credit card.

Having the credit card stored as a payment method acts as an additional deterrent against circumventing age verification by sharing a single Steam user account among multiple persons.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6

:nkCool:
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