Nexus Mods is planning to make some changes, especially to how it verifies age for access to adult content.
These updates are due to the UK’s Online Safety Act and the Digital Services Act in the European Union.
Adjustments to Adult Content Access
The company explained:
“Due to the Online Safety Act and Digital Services Act, we are required as a UK-based company to ensure we continue to remove illegal content and add additional restrictions to children’s access to certain adult content.”
“As a business, this leaves us with a choice: either remove adult content for all UK and EU-based users or make adjustments to our policy, including adding age verification for some adult content.”
“Adult content is a core part of what makes Nexus Mods what it is; we don’t consider removing it a viable option. We are aware that some users may find the changes irritating; however, we are obligated to do this to ensure we can continue to host adult content legally.”
The company has not yet detailed how these changes will be applied, but in the meantime, it is updating its Terms of Service to clarify “what counts as illegal content under UK law and how we protect children from harm whilst on the site.”
“While this kind of content was already not allowed on the site, we’re tightening the language to be absolutely clear. All users will be notified when the Terms of Service are updated.”
Additional Features and Tools
These changes come along with other improvements, such as an automatic detection system for illegal or abusive content. The company stated, “Any content of this nature will be immediately removed, and the user responsible will be banned and reported to the National Crime Agency.”
There will also be new tags for adult content, an improved system to block and mute users, and better spam detection tools.
Age verification systems will be required for most adult content on the site for users in the UK and EU. Users outside Europe will not be subject to age verification.
Nexus Mods hosts many adult mods, and recently it has seen a surge in Stellar Blade-themed content.
