Hi @AliynMiko, and welcome to the forum!
Yeah, this IS a tricky one, quite commonly discussed among the staff as well.
And I think quite commonly discussed in regards of Internet services in general.
Two of our previous discussions on this topic:
[Suggestion] Age verification on sign up
>18? (Not sure how Ico made a topic with such a short title)
I agree with @Yhapatch, that a required age verification using photos of ID on registration is to go over the top, and can still be falsified by the more cunning teens. But I think such verification requirements can be used in those cases when we have good reasons to believe someone is underaged.
I know that places like TikTok users similar methods: Underage appeals on TikTok
So, the rough plan is currently:
- Explicit disclaimer on Registration, where you have to explicitly lie by clicking “Yes, I am 18+”, just like Yhapatch is suggesting.
- A way to set an account as “Requires age verification”, which may prevent the user from waking up any character while showing them instructions on how to verify their age.
- Continue to encourage the community to report underaged players.
EDIT
And to respond to @Serina’s comment; yes, the process for verifying age should be a more strict process, where it is VERY clear to the user on things like:
- who will see this personal information
- how will this personal information be stored
- for how long will this personal information be stored
That means, I would want to build such a system myself, so that we don’t end up with personal information on places like Discord.