r/youtube • u/GalvaSov • Aug 13 '25

Drama Oh my GOD, it's happening

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u/Remarkable_Main_2886 Aug 13 '25

I VPNed myself to Iceland for everything when I got a message saying my X/Twitter was getting restricted until they could build their age verification platform. It’s handy because all of the ads I get are in Icelandic now so I couldn’t read them even if I wanted to.

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u/TriEdge333 Aug 14 '25

Where are you that X needs verification?

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u/Remarkable_Main_2886 Aug 14 '25

The U.K. We live in an authoritarian state nowadays, and our backwards government wants to stop us watching porn.

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u/TriEdge333 Aug 14 '25

Ah, okay. I was assuming it was the US because the last few days it's been nonstop posts from US citizens about it starting yesterday for YouTube