Spotify’s rolling out this new, kind annoying age check. If you don’t jump through their hoops and prove how old you are, they might just wipe your account. Poof. Gone. It’s not just for fun apparently, it’s all about beefing up security and making sure they’re not breaking any laws, especially with all those new European rules breathing down their necks.
But get this—they’re not actually promising that your playlists or podcasts will suddenly become age-perfect. It’s more like, Hey, regulators, look we’re trying okay? Classic corporate move.
How Will The New Age-Verification Process Operate?
The users will receive an email or app notification with step-by-step age verification instructions. Users can be asked to provide their birthdate and, where required, documents for the purpose of age verification.
If the user fails to carry out age verification within the stipulated timeframe, then their account can be cancelled or suspended.
Which Users of Spotify Can Be Impacted?
- Those providing an incorrect or false age on account opening
- Those below the minimum age limit
- Those who cannot reply to verification within the given time
- This is mainly done to ensure more stringent policies of filtering out underage users and offensive content.
What Can Users Do?
- Check on any warnings from Spotify
- Submit the age verification details within the given time
- Modify the date of birth (should be invalid) by accessing account settings
What Can Be The Future?
It can become even more strict regarding policy and security in the near future, given that they need to safeguard its service especially in the case of under-age customers. It's for the sake of giving safe experiences to the users and avoiding Spotify from facing legal issues or more prosecution on their names.
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