https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/system76-fighting-for-open-source-being-excluded-from-colorado-age-checks/

System76, instead of worrying about how to comply with Age Verification laws on it's Linux system, is going to the source and fighting back against the laws, to urge Lawmakers to exclude open-source software from those mandates all-together!

#OpenSource #AgeVerification #AgeID #system76

System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks

There's a lot of age checking / age assurance bills going around right now, and System76 have entered the fight in Colorado to help open source.

GamingOnLinux
No ID Checks for Web Access

Take action! What’s the problem? The Government has proposed amendments to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would give Ministers the power to restrict access to "internet services". This is supposed to give the Government the power to ban under 16s from social media but “internet services" is a very broad definition, which means any online platform can be included. The wording of the amendment means they could do this without even having to prove that these sites are harmful for children.

Open Rights Group
Why Does Porkbun Require ID Verification for Some Accounts? - Porkbun Knowledge Base

If you’ve created a Porkbun account to register a domain name recently, you may have been prompted to complete photo ID verification when signing up and wondere

Roblox to require users to perform age checks to access chat features starting in January

Roblox is enforcing age checks for chat features and age-appropriate content, using facial age estimation or ID verification. Starting December, this will be mandatory in some regions and it will then expand globally by January.

AlternativeTo
Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider

The Guardian

https://reclaimthenet.org/age-verification-systems-france-privacy-risks-ai-forensics-report

A report by the nonprofit "AI Forensics" found that AgeGO, an age verification service used on French adult sites, leaks sensitive user data—including URLs, facial scans, IPs, and emails—despite laws requiring “double anonymity.”

#Privacy #Security #AgeID #AgeVerification

Pratite stanje, pišite mailove, ne dajte da nas nadziru! Sjetite se - političari su izuzeti!

#chatcontrol #ageverification #ageid #eu

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

Reminder that PornHub owner #MindGeek are arguably a beneficiary of the type of porn #ageVerification laws being passed in the US — they own #AgeID, a commercial age verification tool, and have been long lobbying for laws the benefit them. See (from @openrightsgroup) on their lobbying efforts with Matt Hancock in the UK around the Digital Economy Act provisions, https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/MindGeek#Benefits_to_MindGeek_of_website_blocking and the sources cited, including FOI disclosures.
MindGeek

MindGeek is a global IT company active in content delivery, streaming media, and online advertising. Its operations are primarily related to Internet pornography, but also include other online properties...