Bruinsky is expanding its American features. The service will require South Dakota and Wyoming users to verify their age in order to access direct messaging and adult content on the website.
This update comes after both states have laws requiring online platforms that host “harmful” content to verify the age of users. The Blues’ approach will reflect its actions in the UK, which also requires an age check after passing the Online Security Act. The company chose to use Epic Games’ children’s web service to check, and users can choose between several methods, including facial scanning, ID scanning or using a credit card.
The service will still be available to people in states that do not verify their age, but specific features will be limited. “We believe this approach is currently at the right balance,” the company said in an update. Last month, the service chose the service In Mississippi, rather than complying with stricter age verification laws, this will require it to block anyone whose age has not been confirmed.
“To implement this change, we will have to invest a lot of resources in the solution, and we believe limiting freedom of speech and disproportionately harming smaller platforms,” Brusky explained. “We chose not to provide our services at this time, and the legal challenges continue.”
As age verification methods intensify in the United States, the update is taking place with the acceleration of age verification methods. So far, There have been laws that require some form of age verification to access adult content, and many other laws have similar legislation. Brusky noted in his post that it hopes to have more regulations in other states and countries in the short term.
