Spotify now requires face scans to entry age-restr...

Spotify is new necessities to verify the ages of customers within the UK making an attempt to entry specific content material. The streaming platform is implementing a facial scan course of in partnership with Yoti, which additionally gives its providers . UK Spotify customers could also be prompted to carry out this age test after they attempt to view or take heed to age-restricted content material.

Such a strategy to checking ages can generally yield unsuitable outcomes. If the facial scan based mostly on a photograph of the person determines their age incorrectly, the individual can as a substitute present an ID for verification. Along with the boundaries on some specific content material, Spotify could use the outcomes of those checks to deactivate an account if the person is beneath the minimal required age to be on the platform. Within the UK, the minimal age for Spotify customers is 13. “If you happen to can’t verify you’re sufficiently old to make use of Spotify, your account can be deactivated and finally deleted,” the corporate mentioned.

The UK’s On-line Security Act has seen firms and providers together with , , and now requiring some type of age verification, both throughout the area or for all customers.