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You have to give companies your ID and/or several government documents or videos of your face so they can "Verify your identity" or you can't access porn in the UK (Assuming the site follows the law. So pirate sites are fine). It is exactly as dumb as you're imagining.
Even dumber, because the verification software is so shit that at the moment, almost any video game character where you can spin their character model can pass it.
I've even seen people do it with a funko pop
critical support to...... ugh.... funko pops
David lynch is saving privacy
Jesus hahaha that sounds horrible.
It also covers wikipedia and al jazeera and a bunch of other stuff.
That’s nuts