Spotify users told to prove their age under new rules

Source: The Independent

Spotify users told to prove their age under new rules

Age verification checks come amid sweeping changes across the web

Andrew Griffin
Wednesday 30 July 2025 14:25 EDT

Spotify has begun to ask users to prove their age – and will stop them from seeing some content if they cannot.

The company will now check whether users are adults before they can watch content that has been marked mature. Users that it suspects of being under 13 – the minimum age for an account – could be removed entirely as a result of the checks.

The changes are part of widespread new age verification checks that are being introduced in response to UK legislation. While much of the focus has been on pornographic websites and sites such as Reddit or X/Twitter which offer adult material, it covers any service that hosts content that might prove harmful to young people.

That includes Spotify, which has warned that some of its content might only be suitable for older audiences. Age verification is required to “access some Spotify content and features, like Music videos that are labeled as 18+ by rightsholders”, according to a help document on its website.

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Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/tech/spotify-age-checks-verification-b2798937.html

Alternate link: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/spotify-users-could-lose-accounts-145219540.html

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I had no idea there was an 18+ restriction for music.