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>>azalem+(OP)
The list's probably going to get a lot longer. I wonder how it's going to compare to the list of sites who block Europeans due to GDPR concerns. I've only ever noticed two sites that did that, even though the amount of noise from Americans was not insubstantial. The OSA is a lot more invasive than the GDPR though.

>>Telane+Q1
Also the EU's population is 450 million, while the UK's is 69 million. So losing the users stings 85% less.

>>michae+e3
It’s not just the UK implementing age verification actively. 5 EU member states [0] are actively participating: Denmark, Greece, Spain, France [1], and Italy.

Canada and Australia are jumping in [2] [3].

[0]: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_...

[1]: https://www.twobirds.com/en/insights/2024/france/la-loi-sren...

[2]:https://facia.ai/news/canada-proposes-age-checks-for-online-...

[3]: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-sear...

>>visual+a6
It puts a UK user in a weird situation. On one hand, the more countries that join in (and I've heard of US states too), the more likely it is that age verification becomes well supported and I continue having access to the wider world's internet. On the other hand, we've reached a very thick part of the wedge already: this is terrible for competition and I do not trust any state with this power.

The best path is one of calamitous implementation that scares off other countries and embarrasses this one into a u-turn. But it's increasingly unlikely.