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> Practically speaking, that means that people and organisations running a Matrix server with open registration must verify the ages of users in countries which require it.

Practically speaking, I would just ignore this requirement. The UK government has no jurisdiction on this side of the pond.

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Oops your plane had some issue on its way to a different European country and now has to make an emergency landing at Heathrow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryanair_Flight_4978

That's assuming UK authorities can even identify who is operating the Matrix instance. At the very least this assumes that a warrant is served to the registrar and/or the owner of the server/VPS in the correct jurisdiction, and that obfuscation measures were not taken by the operator. All of this will probably go nowhere.

I'm sure your server will be fine. Now if you put up a big declaration like that on your website, some bureaucrat might just decide to pick on you when they get the chance like France with Durov.

That's fine if you never intend to visit the UK

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