Nexus Mods is implementing sweeping changes to the website in order to follow UK and EU laws. These changes include an age verification check for EU and UK users, which will be coming in the near future.
In addition, Nexus Mods will be taking steps to remove “illegal content” from the website, to protect children as demanded in the UK’s Online Safety Act. A new tag system for adult content will be implemented, including pornographic, suicide, and depressions.
The Nexus Mods team is also overhauling the website’s blocking system. Users can now “Ignore” other users, which replaced the old Block Author function. People you block won’t be able to comment or otherwise interact with the media you post. Finally, any images featuring pornographic content can only be shared using the supporter tier of the website’s media share feature.
At the end of the official post announcing these changes, the Nexus Mods team stated they “are not optional for us. They are part of complying with legislation, and we are committed to keeping our platform safe for everyone.”
The previous owner – Dark0ne – hopped into the comments to support the new team in charge in light of these changes. He wrote: “We did not write these laws, we have no control over these laws. Nexus Mods is not an underground website operating on the dark web – it’s a legitimate business that has to follow the laws of the countries it operates in. If we don’t follow these new laws then we will get fined out of existence (the fine in the UK alone is 10 percent of worldwide revenue or £18m ($25m USD) – whichever is higher).”