Brazil's ANPD releases draft age verification guide open to public input: Brazil's ANPD releases a draft guide on reliable age verification for digital platforms, opening a public consultation under the May 2026 ECA Digital framework. https://ppc.land/brazils-anpd-releases-draft-age-verification-guide-open-to-public-input/ #AgeVerification #DigitalPlatforms #PrivacyProtection #CyberSecurity #PublicConsultation

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/

So bad-news/good-news

Both California & Colorado are going ahead with their HORRIBLE Age-verification bills, however, both are now specifically excluding Open-Source OS's.

IMO the bill should not exist in the first place, and should not pass, and is a giant publicity stunt that will cost tons of time, effort, and money, but ultimately fail to do a single thing to protect kids.

#AgeVerification #Privacy #AgeID #OpenSource

1 DAY TO GO ⏰️

💭 Tell the UK government to rethink online safety.

❌️ Creating a privacy timebomb with surveillance-based information blockades isn't the way.

✅️ We need user choice and better platform design, NOT mandatory ID checks.

Have your say on a better way by 26 May ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

#onlinesafety #ageverification #digitalID #privacy #interoperability #bigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol

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Better alternatives to achieve online safety. The government should support safer and more privacy-preserving alternatives instead of age verification systems. Interoperability – People should be able to choose safer services/platforms without losing networks, just how you can switch bank accounts easily. Empowering users – Encourage competition around safety and reduce dependence on large platforms that monetise attention to keep us online. Reject surveillance-based Internet – Creating privacy risks isn’t safe.

Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/

#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification #Linux #OpenSource

Mandatory Age Verification + Lack of Account Memorialization = Horrific Insensitivity by Substack (& others?) https://alecmuffett.com/article/159264 #AgeVerification #australia #substack

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Privacy is online safety ✊️

That's why the UK government gets it so wrong with ever more online ID checks.

Either sensitive data gets stockpiled for attack, or people are driven to riskier parts of the Internet. It's lose-lose.

⏰️ We have the chance to tell them in the consultation by 26 May.

Have your say ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

#onlinesafety #privacy #digitalID #ageverification #consultation #ukpolitics #ukpol

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Image: Vector illustration of an eye with a red pupil, white dotted lined circle iris on black with a grey checkerboard for tthe white of the eye. Rotating tapes with red and white stripes stetch out from around the eye. A grided grey background of content boxes, ie image icons, profile icon, video play icon and lines. Text: Have your say – No Online ID Checks! Respond to the consultation.

Mozilla warned the UK against targeting VPNs to enforce Online Safety Act age checks, calling them essential privacy and security infrastructure. 🔐
The Firefox maker said age-gating VPNs would expand surveillance while failing to address weak verification systems and platform design issues. 🌐

🔗 https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/mozilla-warns-uk-breaking-vpns-will-not-magically-fix-britains-age-check-mess/5241770

#TechNews #Mozilla #Firefox #VPN #Privacy #OnlineSafetyAct #Firefox #DigitalRights #Cybersecurity #Surveillance #Encryption #Security #OpenWeb #UK #DataPrivacy #AgeVerification

"Age verification is an impossibility, and an impossibly terrible idea with impossibly vast consequences for privacy and the open web..." - @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bellovin/#wont-someone-think-of-the-cryptographers

#AgeVerification #privacy #security #tech

Are AI Chat Bots Inherently Harmful? One Study Says “No”

The age verification debate has morphed into roping in AI chat bots. We found one study on the impacts of AI.

https://www.freezenet.ca/are-ai-chat-bots-inherently-harmful-one-study-says-no/

#Censorship #News #AgeVerification #BC #Canada #ChatBot #chatbot #TumblerRidge

New Brunswick Pushes Age Verification Because Screw the Science

The moral panic driven age verification laws has compelled New Brunswick to look into these failed laws as well.

https://www.freezenet.ca/new-brunswick-pushes-age-verification-because-screw-the-science/

#Censorship #News #AgeVerification #Canada #NewBrunswick #science

@EUCommission Age verification is IMO discrimination and ageism and grossly tramples the basic human and constitutional fundamental right to freedom of expression and seriously impinges upon the ability to socialize. I think it's an authoritarian attempt to prevent people from rightfully and freely organizing and exchanging ideas.

#discrimination #ageism #ageverification #humanright #freedomofexpression #youth #children #freedom #righttoassembly #organizing

@thenewoil Age gating is IMO discrimination and ageism and grossly tramples the basic human and constitutional fundamental right to freedom of expression and seriously impinges upon the ability to socialize. I think it's an authoritarian attempt to prevent people from rightfully and freely organizing and exchanging ideas.

#discrimination #ageism #ageverification #humanright #freedomofexpression #youth #children #freedom #righttoassembly #organizing

EFF Joins the Chorus: There’s No Evidence Supporting Age Verification

The evidence supporting age verification has long been weak. The EFF is lending their voice to point this out.

https://www.freezenet.ca/eff-joins-the-chorus-theres-no-evidence-supporting-age-verification/

#Censorship #News #AgeVerification #EFF #psychology #research #science #SocialMedia

#Meta will use #AI visual analysis to determine underage users on #Instagram & #Facebook.

https://tuta.com/blog/meta-ai-analyses-pictures-detect-underage-users

#privacy #biometrics #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

#Boston City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Opposing Online #Censorship and #AgeVerification Bills, Cites Harms to #LGBTQ+ Lifesaving Online Resources

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-05-13-new-boston-city-council-unanimously-passes-resolution-opposing-online-censorship-and-age-verification-bills-cites-harms-to-lgbtq-lifesaving-online-resources/

#privacy #cybersecurity #politics

Angus Reid Poll Undermines Media Age Verification Narrative

Canada's mainstream media has been pushing the narrative that age verification is popular. Not quite according to Angus Reid.

https://www.freezenet.ca/angus-reid-poll-undermines-media-age-verification-narrative/

#Censorship #News #AgeVerification #AngusReid #Canada #CherryPicking #poll #statistics

The Science is Not Settled: How Weak Evidence is Fueling a National Push to Ban #SocialMedia for Youth

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/science-not-settled-how-weak-evidence-fueling-national-push-ban-social-media-youth

#privacy #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification #SocialMediaBan #politics

Age Verification is Now Mutating into General ID

Surveillance creep is once again striking in the age verification debate. This is happening at the FCC this time.

https://www.freezenet.ca/age-verification-is-now-mutating-into-general-id/

#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #CellPhone #FCC #US

Future of Privacy Forum: The EU Commission’s Approach to Age Verification: Mobile Apps, DSA Enforcement, and Challenging National Social Media Bans. “This blog post outlines the Commission’s emerging strategic approach to the implementation of EU-wide age verification measures, provides an analysis of the legal framework envisioned for their deployment, and includes notes on the […]

@EUCommission

If you are serious about this, start regulating platforms.

Instead of subjecting everybody to "verification" processes that lock adolescents out. Processes that merely enable platforms and their "partners" to collect more and more data about #EU citizens, destroying even the tiny bit of privacy that is still left.

#AgeVerification

Superficially, age verification laws for social media may sound like a sensible way of protecting young people. The Electronic Freedom Foundation explains why it's more complex than that.

https://flip.it/JaTYIj

#Technology #Tech #AgeVerification #SocialMedia

Some kids are bypassing age-verification checks with a fake mustache

Some age-verification systems are no match for enterprising children, who have found that drawing on a fake mustache with a makeup pencil is enough to skirt the blocks of adult websites.

#ageverification #UK #children #technology #tech

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/some-kids-are-bypassing-age-verification-checks-with-a-fake-mustache/

Mozilla, Proton, Mullvad, Tor Project, and EFF signed a letter opposing UK online age-verification proposals over privacy and surveillance risks 🌐
The coalition warned mandatory age gates could centralize identity checks, weaken anonymity, and push open web toward closed, monitored platforms 🔒

🔗 https://cyberinsider.com/mozilla-mullvad-proton-sign-letter-opposing-uk-age-verification/

#TechNews #Mozilla #Proton #Mullvad #Tor #UnitedKingdom #EFF #Privacy #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #FOSS #VPN #Surveillance #UK #DigitalRights #Internet #Freedom #AgeVerification

Congress Narrowed the #GUARDAct, But Serious Problems Remain

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/congress-narrowed-guard-act-serious-problems-remain

#AI #privacy #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

Following the Australian precedence, Brazil, Greece, and Turkey have now passed laws requiring age checks for social media.

😡But age verification and ID checks destroy everyone's #privacy. 😡

Learn what countries are planning a social media ban for teens and fight #AgeVerification 💪

👉https://tuta.com/blog/age-verification-kills-anonymity

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Countries with laws for age verification for social media: Greece, Australia, Brazil, Turkey Countries planning such laws: France, Germany, Portugal, UK, Canada, Spain, Poland, Netherlands

EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push

https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/

#HackerNews #EU #VPNs #AgeVerification #Privacy #CyberSecurity

> age verification should be required for VPN access as well...

My biggest fear right now is not Russia, but EU turning into Russia.

#ageVerification #freeInternet #eu

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J European Parliamentary Research Service SUS @QEP EPRS Virtual private networks #VPN are increasingly used to bypass online age verification. Protecting children online is a priority, with new rules being implemented requiring a minimum age for access to some services Read @- link.europa.eu/FGfr6C