YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify the age in EU (2020)

Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by zinekeller on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @09:43AM (#28379685)

Note, this is EU AVMSD regulation we're talking about. Even companies who you think wouldn't need to comply with it do require this (notably Microsoft, because of Xbox, Microsoft Family and related stuff). At least EU just requires a credit card, in Korea you basically need your digital equivalent of an ID ("For customers in South Korea, use I-PIN [ed note: https://www.oecd.org/sti/ieconomy/38540152.pdf] to provide parental consent or verify your age.", https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/parental...).

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by hocuspocus on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:07AM (#28380008)

The Korean way makes more sense, it's akin to OAuth and Google never sees your ID (or gets a chance to collect more personal data if you use your credit card instead). And yes i-PIN was annoying when I lived there but I assume most issues have been ironed out.

The EU is working on its own digital ID for that very reason.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by zinekeller on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:16AM (#28380117)

> And yes i-PIN was annoying when I lived there.

Unfortunately it still is. It has improvements though, so at least it wasn't stagnated like, I don't know, EU's APIs for VAT exemption queries.

Technically speaking, you can still access certain details (like name and gender) on the i-PIN system, but on the other hand Korean PIPA is very strict (stricter than GDPR except in certain religious activities, pointed out on the draft adequacy decision) and is actively enforcing the law.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by ldjb on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @09:57AM (#28379884)

Different countries are at different stages of transposing this directive into national legislation [0], so if you're in an EU country and haven't come across this yet, you will probably encounter this in due course.

Note that the directive also applies to the UK, where it has already been transposed into legislation.

[0] https://www.obs.coe.int/en/web/observatoire/avmsd-tracking

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by veeti on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:30AM (#28380305)

So when is this coming to Pornhub? Asking for a friend.

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