Missouri lawmakers eye age verification measures for minors using social media, chatbots • Missouri Independent

The bills would require social media platforms to verify users' ages and parental consent before allowing kids and teens to create accounts.

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State Level VPN Restriction Attempts Trigger Dangerous Constitutional Pressure

State Level VPN Restrictions raise major First and Fourth Amendment risks while exposing how weak state internet enforcement can become.

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/tech-news/state-level-vpn-restriction-attempts/

Federal Court Just Dealt a Major Blow to Age Verification Laws

https://techlore.tv/w/15VremCStTMMAFrkhuCUof

Federal Court Just Dealt a Major Blow to Age Verification Laws

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News Summary: Anthropic Settlement Raises Concerns for Rights Holders; Mastodon Struggles with Age Verification Laws

The news of a settlement in the Anthropic AI piracy and copyright case came just before I filed the last of last week’s columns. Since then, the dust has had a little chance to settle, and reflections are starting to…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/anthropic-settlement/

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News Summary: Anthropic Settlement Raises Concerns for Rights Holders; Mastodon Struggles with Age Verification Laws

A potential Anthropic settlement sparks concern for rights holders; Mastodon says it cannot comply with new age verification laws.

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News Summary: Anthropic Settlement Raises Concerns for Rights Holders; Mastodon Struggles with Age Verification Laws https://selfpublishingadvice.org/anthropic-settlement/ #ageverificationlaws #Anthropicsettlement #copyrightcase #rightsholders #Mastodon #FairUse #News
News Summary: Anthropic Settlement Raises Concerns for Rights Holders; Mastodon Struggles with Age Verification Laws

A potential Anthropic settlement sparks concern for rights holders; Mastodon says it cannot comply with new age verification laws.

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Meet the Creepy Pro-Trump Billionaire Profiting Off of Internet Censorship

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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users

Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.

Age Verification Mandates Would Undermine #Anonymity Online | Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/age-verification-mandates-would-undermine-anonymity-online

"No one should have to hand over their driver’s license just to access free websites. That’s why #EFF opposes mandated #ageverificationlaws, no matter how well intentioned they may be. Dozens of bills currently being debated by state and federal lawmakers could result in dangerous #ageverification mandates. We will resist them."

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Age Verification Mandates Would Undermine Anonymity Online

Age verification systems are surveillance systems. Mandatory age verification, and with it, mandatory identity verification, is the wrong approach to protecting young people online. It would force websites to require visitors to prove their age by submitting information such as government-issued...

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