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#ageverification

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PrivacyDigest

50K #YouTubers rage against #AI #spying that could expose identities

On Tuesday, a Change.org #petition rapidly neared its 50,000 signature goal, with tens of thousands hoping that with enough users protesting, the wide rollout of the AI age checks might be stopped. They fear the age checks will make it harder to access content they love while staying #anonymous on the platform
#privacy #ageverification #youtube #surveillance

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Ars Technica · YouTube backlash begins: “Why is AI combing through every single video I watch?”By Ashley Belanger
Miguel Afonso Caetano

"The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to prevent children from accessing such content. Online services are also required to change their algorithms and moderation systems to ensure that content defined as harmful, like violent imagery, is not shown to young people.

During the four years that the legislation behind these changes—the Online Safety Act (OSA)—was debated in Parliament, and in the two years since while the UK’s independent, online regulator Ofcom devised the implementing regulations, experts from across civil society repeatedly flagged concerns about the impact of this law on both adults’ and children’s rights. Yet politicians in the UK pushed ahead and enacted one of the most contentious age verification mandates that we’ve seen.

The case of safety online is not solved through technology alone.
No one—no matter their age—should have to hand over their passport or driver’s license just to access legal information and speak freely. As we’ve been saying for many years now, the approach that UK politicians have taken with the Online Safety Act is reckless, short-sighted, and will introduce more harm to the children that it is trying to protect. Here are five reasons why:"

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/bloc

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say SoThe UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to prevent children from accessing such content. Online...
#UK#AgeVerification#OSA
Helma

Just as individual users don’t tend to read every website’s terms and conditions, it’s unlikely they’re all going to do due diligence checks on every provider who asks for ID, especially once they’ve become used to just handing that data over.

#AgeVerification #Lax #Privacy #Security
#InfoSec

girlonthenet.com/blog/age-veri

Girl on the Net · Age verification: what's the harm? | Girl on the Net explainsAge verification has hit the UK, people need to upload ID to see 'adult' content. What's the harm in laws like this, if they protect children? Let's see.
Helma

Highly recommended read:

" ... at the moment there is no specific regulation outlining the security standards that these companies should meet in order to qualify to process this extremely personal information about you – only existing data protection law. Is the company asking for your ID legit? Well, you just have to take that on trust.

#AgeVerification

girlonthenet.com/blog/age-veri

Girl on the Net · Age verification: what's the harm? | Girl on the Net explainsAge verification has hit the UK, people need to upload ID to see 'adult' content. What's the harm in laws like this, if they protect children? Let's see.
Open Rights Group

The UK Online Safety Act ransoms your privacy for free speech 🛑

By age gating vaguely defined ‘harmful’ content, UK users face censorship.

It coerces people into coughing up their ID to unregulated age verification providers or scammers.

Write to your MP ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/tel

Open Rights GroupTell your MP: The Online Safety Act isn’t workingWhat's the problem? The Online Safety Act has been a disaster. Rather than protect children, millions of adults are facing widespread censorship, and teenagers are having their freedom of expression restricted. Here are some of the key problems with the law: Wrongful Censorship: The law places huge liabilities and threats of jail on platforms if they don't censor the right content. It does little to protect freedom of expression. The results are in. Footage of protest censored on X. Subreddits about stopping smoking, sexual health, and the news age-gated and shadow-banned.
#OnlineSafetyAct#onlinesafety#OSA
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