AusGov naïveté is off the charts.
Mandarins really live & operate in a fantasy world far removed from the one in which everyone else breathes.
#cybersecurity #privacy #AgeVerification #GetAWarrant #auspol #SocialMediaBan
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Cybersecurity experts alarmed ...
#AgeVerification
Petition: “Stop Age Verification on social media, spotify, and other platforms.” https://c.org/d5nJp9rLQw #AgeVerification
Need some weekend reading to catch up on #DigitalRights news and analysis? The latest #EDRigram is now out! Spoiler alert: we have the #DigitalOmnibus on our minds 🤯
What else can you find in there?
🤔 #ArtificialIntelligence is not as artificial as you might think, by @superrr
🚫 Why #AgeVerification misses the mark and puts everyone at risk
🤝🏾 The EU Digital Trade Agreement with Singapore is a setback our rights
... and much more.
Read the latest edition ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-27-november-2025/
The #EuropeanParliament adopted a proposal to #ban #socialmedia for #teenagers #under16 without parental consent, aiming to protect young people’s #mentalhealth. This move aligns with Australia’s existing ban and could impact US tech companies. Critics argue that the proposed digital #IDsystem for #ageverification could infringe on #privacy. https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/26/eu-moves-ban-social-media-kids-under-16-dont-parents-consent/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
RE: https://chaos.social/@epicenter_works/115620841822991829
#ageverification:
"The general idea is instead of tying online interactions of everyone to their identity, we simply tie the devices of children to their age group. Parents or schools are usually in control of the devices of their children. They know their age and can set it up without any need for (digital) identification. What is missing is a standardized way for operating systems and browsers to communicate this information about the age group of the user to the apps and websites."
In light of Tuesday's vote in the European Parliament calling for a minimum age for social media, we find it's perfect timing to release our proposal on how this issue could be addressed without the usual negative effects of #AgeVerification. https://epicenter.works/en/content/a-potential-solution-to-the-dilemma-of-age-verification
#Privacy is For the #Children (Too)
As we witness the effects of the Online Safety Act in the #UK and over 25 state age verification laws in the U.S, it has become even more apparent that mandatory #ageVerification is more of a detriment than a benefit to the public. Here’s what we’re seeing:
#Privacy is For the #Children (Too)
As we witness the effects of the #OnlineSafetyAct in the #UK and over 25 state age verification laws in the U.S, it has become even more apparent that mandatory #ageVerification is more of a detriment than a benefit to the public. Here’s what we’re seeing:
The first #AgeWall ? Substack is introducing Age Verification to cut UK people off from seeing “Potentially Harmful” Substack content
https://alecmuffett.com/article/128375
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #substack #surveillance #vpn
The first #AgeWall ? Substack ...
The first #AgeWall ? Substack is introducing Age Verification to cut UK people off from seeing “Potentially Harmful” Substack content
https://alecmuffett.com/article/128375
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #substack #surveillance #vpn
If Ofcom want to stop UK people visiting a non-UK website, they need to stop the UK people, not tell the non-UK website to work to prevent the UK hordes
https://alecmuffett.com/article/128354
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #football #geoblocking #ofcom #surveillance #vpn
The first #AgeWall ? Substack is introducing Age Verification to cut UK people off from seeing “Potentially Harmful” Substack content
Paid subscribers get a bypass, of course:
Why is Substack asking to verify my age?
The UK Online Safety Act requires restricted access to content that could be considered sensitive for younger audiences. If you see blurred or blocked content, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the content is harmful, it just may fall into a category that must be age-restricted per the requirements of the OSA.
Verification in the UK is optional, however, without verification, you may continue to come across blurred content or be blocked from accessing certain features (a Substack’s chat, DMs, livestreams) with a prompt to verify your age thus limiting your Substack experience.
Yeah, really…
#ageVerification #censorship #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct #substack #surveillance #vpn
If Ofcom want to stop UK people visiting a non-UK website, they need to stop the UK people, not tell the non-UK website to work to prevent the UK hordes
This should be obvious, no?
It’s how we deal with football hooligans:
Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999 (Notes)
…The measures proposed would provide recourse to the law to prevent a range of offenders from attending matches in this country and travelling to and attending designated matches abroad.
One could try to argue “Yes but we have regulations to force football teams and stadia to stop hooligan violence…” — and yes we do, but that regulation applies only to the UK; the foreign teams & stadia have their own laws.
Maybe they’re looking for a way to avoid painting all Britons as potential Internet hooligans?
https://twitter.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1992801860613480652
#ageVerification #censorship #football #geoblocking #ofcom #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct #surveillance #vpn
#Malaysia may ban users under 16 from #SocialMedia starting next year
Australia's Under-16 Social Media Ban
Dec 10: Platforms must block under-16s or face massive fines.
Enforcement? AI age verification, facial recognition, behavioral tracking, ID checks.
The tension: protecting kids vs. building surveillance systems.
Australia's the test case. UK, EU, US watching closely.
#AIGovernance #TechPolicy #Privacy #DigitalRights #AgeVerification #Australia #SocialMedia #Regulation
Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology
Malaysia may ban users under 16 from social media starting next year
Here you go again....
Malaysia may implement age verification..
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/malaysia-may-ban-users-under-16-from-social-media-starting-next-year
#privacy #ageverification #socialmedia #malaysia
Malaysia's mulling a social media ban for under-16s. My immediate question: how on earth do you verify that online without turning the internet into a DMV? Are we ready for digital ID cards for every toot and post? What's your take on enforcing age limits in the digital wild west?
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/malaysia-may-ban-users-under-16-from-social-media-starting-next-year/
#TechPolicy #SocialMedia #DigitalRights #AgeVerification #Privacy
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