AFP: Google rejects app store age verification for online content. “American tech heavyweight Google on Friday reiterated its opposition to verifying the age of a device’s user through the app stores built into operating systems, calling a proposal from Facebook and Instagram parent Meta ‘ineffective’.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/17/afp-google-rejects-app-store-age-verification-for-online-content/
@thenewoil which it inevitably does!
Protecting Minors Online Must Not Come at the Cost of #Privacy and Free Expression
@emmalovelace I was given a private prescription in March, and because of the t-blocker and recent UK law on this not being available to under 18s, they had to do an age verification.
I went through the process, but failed it. The age verification is a third party provider who are ratified by the UK gov for this purpose, and essentially you upload a passport or driving license and they compare those details with credit record as well as electoral roll.
The problems should be obvious... If you don't have a perfect record on paper, then you can't pass the checks.
To verify age they must verify identity, but as the UK doesn't have an identity system third parties are creating one by correlating huge amounts of data.
I failed to get my prescription, had to cancel it and have a paper version issued. The reason being is that most of my paper work is on my new name, but driving license and passport is in my dead name... It couldn't correlate things together. This was by https://www.agechecked.com/ .
This whole thing is going to be so so messy.
And I do not trust that the age verification provider has invested adequately in security, it was amateur hour. And when I checked their website I saw they were entirely compromised of cis-het white men... I don't think they comprehend that someone might exist whose name doesn't perfectly match records at that time, like... Newly married or divorced women, trans people, adopted people, etc.
Weryfikacja wieku w Unii Europejskiej – bez unijnej aplikacji dostęp do popularnych serwisów będzie ograniczony? TO CLICKBAIT (co najmniej).
W polskim Internecie za dwa tygodnie *nie będzie* weryfikacji wieku. Ale to, że UE pracuje nad narzędziem do potwierdzania wieku #ageverification, to prawda. Spodziewamy się, że tego rodzaju aplikacje mogą być wymagane przede wszystkim na platformach pornograficznych, hazardowych czy sprzedających alkohol.
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The incessant push to make us all verify our identities everywhere online makes me so fucking tired. I feel like I'm being pushed towards the digital equivalent of living in a shed in the woods, just to retain some remnant of the free & open internet we were promised.
The problem is not that there's porn out there. The problem is the algorithmic media and ad business force feeding us content we didn't actively seek out. Regulate THAT. https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-social-media-ban-minors-france/
"French Digital Minister Clara #Chappaz’s office told POLITICO it is considering designating websites such as @bsky.app @Mastodon and #Reddit as #porn platforms, obliging them to implement stringent #ageverification requirements under new French rules that came into effect Saturday."
Question is: who is running this platform called #Mastodon ??? 🤔
A very thoughtful analysis about protecting #minors online written by @eff's @sveawindwehr :
#ageverification #childprotection #digitalrights #digitalservicesact
France considers requiring Musk’s X to verify users’ age.
The French government is considering designating X as a porn platform — a move that will likely have the platform implementing strict age verification requirements.
“X has indicated since 2024 that it accepts the distribution of pornographic content. It must therefore be treated as such,” Digital Minister Clara Chappaz’s office said.
I was pleased to get a chance to give a talk about how to comply with the OSA recently, and share with fellow site owners some of what I've learned #ageverification #anticensorship
Gizmodo: North Dakota Joins Growing League of States Requiring Age Verification for Porn. “Moral panic laws have popped up across the United States in the 2025 legislative season. Recently, North Dakota joined the growing league of states requiring age verification for porn. But critics warn that North Dakota’s regulations, which won’t go into effect until August 1, are another shining […]
Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne Just Can’t Stop Being Wrong About Age Verification
Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne was furious in the senate after being wrong about age verification. She proceeded to continue to be wrong.
#Censorship #Privacy #Security #News #JulieMivilleDechêne #AgeVerification #Pornography #FactCheck #Statistics #Canada #BillS209
#Florida ban on kids using #SocialMedia likely unconstitutional, judge rules
Pornhub pulls out of France over age verification law.
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#pornhub #france #ageverification #BreakingNews #NewsUpdate
🇫🇷✨ Oh là là! #France decides to play #digital #nanny, leaving lonely #Parisians frantically searching for baguette-sized #VPNs. Meanwhile, the rest of the world wonders if the Eiffel Tower will soon require age verification too. 🗼🤦♂️
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250604-porn-sites-go-dark-in-france-over-new-age-verification-rules #EiffelTower #AgeVerification #HackerNews #ngated
Porn sites go dark in France over new age verification rules
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250604-porn-sites-go-dark-in-france-over-new-age-verification-rules
#HackerNews #PornSitesDark #France #AgeVerification #InternetRegulation #OnlineSafety
Pornhub, YouPorn owner suspends access to French users over age verification law
https://alecmuffett.com/article/113446
#AgeVerification #censorship #france #porn
Pornhub, YouPorn owner suspends access to French users over age verification law
Quelle surprise:
The parent company of adult content sites like Pornhub and Youporn is suspending access to French users on Wednesday as a protest against changes made by the France’s government to age verification requirements.
Pornhub plans to suspend serving porn in France.
The owner of Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn plans to stop serving adult content to French users as soon as Wednesday afternoon, in protest of government measures forcing it to verify the age of its visitors.
#France #Pornhub #AgeVerification #Porn #Tech #Redtube #YouPorn
