Valve is taking a simple approach to the UK's Online Safety Act: You have a credit card, or you don't get in.

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In order to comply with the UK's new Online Safety Act, Valve is now requiring all Steam users in the UK to prove their age in order to see game listings.

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"Ofcom’s guidance on the OSA states that one highly effective age assurance measure is credit card checks," Valve says. "This is because, in the UK, an individual must be at least 18 years of age to ...

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