I've been seeing this annoying message on Twitter that says, "Due to local laws, we are temporarily restricting access to this content until X estimates your age," blocking most NSFW images. This seems to only be an issue with Twitter, as other sites don't have this problem. My location is set to Poland on all apps and my computer, but I'm still affected.
Is there any way to verify my age without using ID verification or face checks? I find it strange that this is limited to Twitter, and while Discord works fine for NSFW content, I've heard that they also require ID checks for users in the UK.
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Seems like this issue is widespread across the EU. Some folks found success by switching their location to a Latin American country, so you might want to give it a shot!
You can change your location in the account settings! Just select a different country and it might fix the issue.
If you're looking to verify your age without paying, good luck! Many are just changing their country settings to bypass this issue. I switched mine to the US and it worked like a charm!
I did the same thing! Just changed my country in the settings and I was good to go.
Honestly, I tried changing it to multiple countries but only the US worked for me.
It's crazy! Parents can't keep their kids away from smartphones, yet we have to jump through hoops to access content. I feel like I have to verify my age everywhere online now and it's just really frustrating.
Twitter's handling of age checks has been pretty clumsy. A lot of users from various countries are complaining, not just those trying to bypass it with VPNs. It looks like they don’t even have a reliable age verification system in place. Just a total mess overall!
Wait, when you say you set your location to Poland, you're not using a VPN to appear in the UK, right? Because in some cases, EU laws are affecting this too.
Nope, I’m actually in Poland! Just changing the region in the app helped me. It's confusing that this is even a problem.
Exactly, the location setting plays a big part here. I tried setting mine to an outside region and it worked.
How do you even change your location on Twitter? I thought it was just for language settings.