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#ageverification

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skry

Welcome to #AgeVerification

#Discord users in the #UK & #Australia must submit a scan of their faces or photo IDs in order to access "content deemed sensitive".

“...one-time age verification process and is not stored by Discord or our vendor. For Face Scan, **the solution our vendor uses operates on-device** [so] no collection of any biometric information when you scan your face. For ID verification, the scan of your ID is deleted upon verification.”

gizmodo.com/discord-begins-tes

Gizmodo · Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age VerificationSome countries have passed strict new laws dictating youth access to digital platforms.
#infosec
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ilias :thepiratebay:

get the hell out of this platform if you still have an account there. seriously.

they will be more than happy to give up user's data - especially with laws passed in plenty of countries that require age verification which causes websites/forums to move to Discord since they can't afford complying and don't want to geoblock.

gizmodo.com/discord-begins-tes

Gizmodo · Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age VerificationSome countries have passed strict new laws dictating youth access to digital platforms.
#Privacy#Security#AgeVerification
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Paul Chambers🚧

Ohio lawmakers to take second crack at online age verification

Ohio lawmakers will try again to pass age verification provisions regulating technology companies, this time targeting application stores rather than individual apps.
#Ohio #Tech #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #Safety #OnlineSafetyAct

statenews.org/government-polit

🔗 ohiohouse.gov/legislation/136/

:pdf: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/ap

As Introduced 136th General Assembly Regular Session 2025-2026 Senator Reynolds S. B. No. 167 To enact section 1349.07 of the Revised Code to require certain application store-based parental controls. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That section 1349.07 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 1349.07. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Application store" means a publicly available web site, software application, or online service that distributes a third-party platform's software applications to a computer, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device. (2)(a) "Broadband internet access service" means a mass market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications service, but excluding dial-up internet access service. (b) "Broadband internet access service" includes any service that the federal communications commission finds to be
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Electronic Frontiers Australia

A U.S. judge has overturned an Arkansas law that required #ageverification from all users for online safety citing restrictions on protected speech.

The law "was so vague it was unclear which social networks the law would cover". Sound familiar? The Online Safety Amendment in Australia is quite vague too, potentially applying to any service that allows communication between users. The Australian Communications Minister proposed a "sweetheart deal" for YouTube exempting it from the rules (perhaps YouTube and Google already know enough about their users...)

What impact will such legislation have on the Fediverse? EFA would like to see a broad exemption for digital communities that are not profit-based to avoid any chilling effects on Australian communities and operators, among other exemptions and wider concerns with regards to the legislation.

Australia does not have protected speech like the U.S. does, but we can draw on experiences from other countries and pay attention to both safety and human rights concerns.

gizmodo.com/arkansas-judge-kil

Gizmodo · Arkansas Judge Kills Social Media Age Verification Law, Says It Violates the First Amendment“Arkansas takes a hatchet to adults’ and minors’ protected speech alike though the Constitution demands it use a scalpel,” the judge said.
#privacy#esafety#electronicfrontiersaustralia
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AndrewR

A bit of sanity from the U.S.: a federal court ruled in the NetChoice v. Griffin case that a particular implementation of #ageverification is unconstitutional because it restricts protected speech of adults online by requiring ID and blocks those who don't provide it.

engadget.com/social-media/arka

Engadget · Arkansas social media age verification law blocked by federal JudgeBy Karissa Bell
#privacy#socialmedia#netchoice
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PrivacyDigest

#Arkansas social media age verification law blocked by federal Judge

An Arkansas law requiring social media companies to verify the ages of their users has been struck down by a federal judge who ruled that it was #unconstitutional. The decision is a significant victory for the social media companies and digital #rights groups that have opposed the law and others like it
#socialmedia #ageverification

engadget.com/social-media/arka

Engadget · Arkansas social media age verification law blocked by federal JudgeBy Karissa Bell
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Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )

From: blenderdumbass . org

I shall complain a little bit on a stance from EFF and how I think they should be pushing harder. Not so long ago Australia decided to ban any platform where users can upload things, to anybody who is younger than 16 years. This is an ageist, paternalistic atrocity and has to be fought with viciousness. Yet EFF seem to only understand the ...

Read or listen: blenderdumbass.org/articles/ef

blenderdumbass . orgEFF Is Not Opposing Age Verification Hard Enough
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#EFF#Australia#Ageism
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PrivacyDigest

Texans Might Soon Have to Show Photo ID to Buy a #Dildo Online

#SB3003 , introduced by Senator Angela #Paxton (wife of #Texas AG Ken Paxton), would criminally charge online retailers for selling “an obscene device” without verifying the buyers’ age. Sellers would have to require customers to submit their gov-issued photo ID, or use “3rd-party #AgeVerification services that use public records or other reliable sources to verify purchaser's identity & age,” the bill says.

404media.co/texas-sex-toy-age-

404 Media · Texans Might Soon Have to Show Photo ID to Buy a Dildo OnlineA new bill introduced by Angela Paxton, wife of Texas AG Ken Paxton, would impose privacy-invading age verification requirements on online sex toy retailers.
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Konstantin Macher

#Germany #coalition treaty notable interim-results of the "#digital" sub-group, dated 19.03.2025

* AI buzz, e.g. cloud-based, AI-driven public administration
* "End-To-End-Digitalisation" 🤡
* Mandatory #eID
* Mandatory #AgeVerification for social media
* 'Innovation-friendly' and 'less bureaucratic' revision of #AIAct
* Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information to become Federal Commissioner for Data Usage 🤡
* 'Innovation-friendly' revision of #GDPR
* Digital ministry

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