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[cormack12]

Can use photo, driving license photo or text to mobile (was down at the time)

 

[Skifi28]

Everywhere or is this a UK thing?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[cormack12]

Everywhere or is this a UK thing?

Think this is UK specific atm.

 

[DEAD ORIGINAL]

It's down for me.

 

[keraj37]

Do not comply, or we will end in 1984 scenario.

 

[Grenseal]

 

[Celcius]

Noooooooooooo PlayStation not like this
I'm not giving my photo to ANY company.
My PlayStation account should be 18+ years old at this point though

 

[FingerBang]

I've been avoiding these verifications like a plague, but my fucking God are they everywhere

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Skifi28]

Think this is UK specific atm.

I would imagine/hope they are just complying with whatever dystopian surveillance crap UK is up to at the moment and this won't roll out anywhere else.

 

[PlayStaytion]

It's been 18 years since I was 18.

 

[StereoVsn]

UK bros, can you use Google Nano Banana to create a picture of Starmer drunk in a pub as verification?

 

[Mr Moose]

I don't use communication features, nice try Sony/Shitty ass government.

Edit: My account is 18 years old anyway.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

I got this and im living in Ireland so it's not just a UK thing. Please spare me your jokes about us being in the UK.

 

[Exede]

So people using death stranding 2 to bypass this again?

 

[PlayStaytion]

I don't understand why many kids play GTA on PlayStation specifically.

 

[The_hunter]

Don't you need to pay to use online features? Completely redundant to have this.

 

[MudoSkills]

I got it. Lol.

 

[reinking]

How does the text to mobile work? Does the mobile account have to be in your name? Also, couldn't they just use a CC to verify if you already have it on your account?

 

[Judge Magister]

Everything is monitored and kept under control.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Just got the notification on PSN. How are people getting around this? Or do I just bite the bullet and send them a selfie for age verification?

 

[TGO]

Don't you need to pay to use online features? Completely redundant to have this.

Yep, they'll be checking (in most cases) that the person with an active paying account for 20 years is 18.

 

[Sephimoth]

fuck.
off.

 

[Bojji]

Would account made in 2009 be enough (17 years ago)?

 

[Fbh]

What if your account is 18 years old?
Or what if the credit card you use is under the same name as your account? That alone should already verify that you are 18.

Don't you need to pay to use online features? Completely redundant to have this.

The message in the picture mentions communication features, which probably refers to stuff like messages and party chat, both of which are available for free.
Also F2P multiplayer games don't need Ps+

 

[Neff]

My PSN account is 19 years old, and I've got several credit cards and Paypal linked with it, but they still want to me to prove my age by gurning for the camera

I'm starting to get really fucking sick of living in this communist shithole

 

[Putonahappyface]

Think this is UK specific atm.

For now.

 

[Bojji]

For now.

Yep

Social News  Thread 'The erosion of privacy: Federal Level Operating Age Verification System coming to US and Digital ID App coming to Europe'

Apr 19, 2026

It seems that we are slowly going towards an Age in the internet where you will require a VPN or fake Ids if you want to protect your privacy and from very harmful data leaks:

Source 1

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A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives is pushing the age-verification debate to a new level, from individual state laws to a proposal that could eventually apply nationwide.

Filed as H.R. 8250 on April 13, 2026, the measure is...

• Draugoth
• Replies: 53
• Forum: Off-Topic Discussion

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[Hudo]

If this leads to all the underage dipshits no-lifing Call of Duty getting banned, I'm all for it.

 

[MudoSkills]

For now.

I can see many people using your avatar for this.

 

[pudel]

I dont think its a smart idea when kids need to send private details and pictures of them to some random "age verification service" which will be hacked soon and that data being sold somewhere in a dark corner in the internet.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

How does a txt to a cell phone verify your age? Think I'll do that option.

 

[keefged4]

Lol go fuck yourself Sony

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Sony probably saw how some on the internet reacted to Pragmata and were like, holy fuck, roll it out now!!!

 

[Saber]

Good to know, gonna prepare to show a middle finger picture for them.

 

[Fess]

What's the problem, why are they doing this? I have kids using my account, am I part of the problem?

 

[spookyfish]

Not participating in this. Not happening.

 

[Gp1]

Every one of these services that required my facial identification thinks that I looks like Troy Baker...

I don't know why...

 

[AmuroChan]

Lol go fuck yourself Sony

Almost certainly not a Sony thing, but a government regulation thing.

 

[keefged4]

Almost certainly not a Sony thing, but a government regulation thing.

Fuck them too

 

[Mr Moose]

What's the problem, why are they doing this? I have kids using my account, am I part of the problem?

Online Safety Act bullshit. Xbox started doing this last year, this year it's apparently mandatory.

 

[Topher]

We are going to see this shit everywhere, aren't we?

Why does the world suck so bad these days at damn near everything?

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

Age verification laws are retarded. It's the responsibility of the shithead parents that can't raise their children properly, not the responsibility of the government, who then takes away privacy rights from everyone else due to those same shithead parents. These age verification laws are also very easy to bypass to a kid with half a brain that wants to get past it.

Spoiler

But really governments just want more control/power.

 

[NeonDelta]

My account was created during the PS2 online beta surely they don't need me to verify it

 

[Fess]

Online Safety Act bullshit. Xbox started doing this last year, this year it's apparently mandatory.

Annoying. And unsafe tbh! It's bad enough to have email addresses on the lose after a hack.

 

[OLED_Gamer]

Text to phone seems reasonable.

However, if I use a credit card and my account age is past 18 years of age, why even the need to ask?

 

[MrJangles]

I'd just send them a picture of my big hairy balls if I had a PS.

Verify them you cunts.

 

[Generic]

Funny how there's no credit card option.

 

[ComputerBlue]

This is some real bullshit, they can suck my balls. I created my PSN account before it was called PSN during the PS2 era. I'm not verifying shit.