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Steam's age verification in Australia now takes your account's age into consideration

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Steam's age verification in Australia now takes your account's age into consideration
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In compliance with local laws, Steam rolled out age verification in Australia two months ago. Controversially, it was based on whether you owned a credit card, which many Australians do not. Overnight, Australians stopped being able to see games that are rated R18+ in the Steam store, like Doom, if they didn't have a credit card linked to their account.Just as suddenly, Steam support has now updated how age verification works for Australians. Adding a credit card to your account still works, but

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