Britain's most tattooed man says UK's age check told him to "remove his face"

I wonder how it might affect people with medical conditions that make their faces look unusual. If the law only applies to pornography, most people in that situation might not want to go talk to a journalist about it.

Not well. "When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services." https://www.wired.com/story/when-face-recognition-doesnt-kno...

Posted to HN yesterday at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45667472 . No comments.

> Posted to HN yesterday [...] No comments.

I wonder if that is partially because many (like myself) aren't subscribers and can't read the article.

I am not a subscriber. In LibreWolf I went to the page then switched to reader mode.

Then they supply govt. ID.

The law does not mandate check via camera.

How about "Then Ofcom fucks off, and the Government apologizes for its stupidity and moves to repeal the OSA"?

Especially when firing up a VPN and not providing anyone their ID is so trivial.