Microsoft plans to bring Xbox age verification to countries outside of the UK
Microsoft is implementing an age verification system on Xbox accounts to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act. Players in the UK who indicate they are 18 or older will be prompted to verify their age, which will become mandatory by early 2026 to retain full access to social features on Xbox. Microsoft plans to roll out age verification processes to more regions in the future, though the specific implementation may differ from the UK's. The UK's Online Safety Act aims to ban nonconsensual deepfake porn and create rules to prevent children from being exposed to adult content, leading platforms that host adult content to adopt age verification systems. However, these systems are not foolproof, and methods like using a VPN can be used to bypass them, raising privacy and security concerns as age verification becomes more widespread.
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