"The technical mechanism most commonly proposed for age verification is, depending on the specific implementation, either a government-issued identity document uploaded to a third-party verification service, or a biometric check, or a credit card confirmation, all of which require an individual to associate their real identity with their browsing behaviour before their connection is permitted. This is, it should be noted, structurally identical in concept to the white SIM architecture Iran formally institutionalised in July 2025: a system in which your identity, as documented and approved by a central authority, determines what you are permitted to access on the internet and under what conditions."—Keystone Collective @TheKeystoneCollective

The internet kill switch Iran built while the west was busy debating age verification >

https://www.keystone-collective.org/the-internet-kill-switch-iran-built-while-the-west-was-busy-debating-age-verification/

#control_infrastructures #age_verification #parenting #mass_surveillance #statism #identity_layer #BGP #networks #internet #shutdown #big_brother #identity_verification #centralisation #Iran #UK #Online_Safety_Act #USA #EU #KYC #connectivity #surveillance #chat_control #verification #identity_gating #policy #IODA #protecting_children #hypocrisy #packet_filtering #rhetoric #policymakers #kill_switch #technology

The Internet Kill Switch Iran Built While the West Was Busy Debating Age Verification

The most politically significant event of January 8th, 2026, was not broadcast on television, did not trend on social media, and was not reported by wire services for several hours. It was visible, in real time, only to a small number of people staring at network monitoring dashboards, and what

The Keystone Collective

Coup in #GuineaBissau ( https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0edww3qgq2o ).

What can happens in events like this is that the Internet gets partially or fully shut down.

Going by public sources this doesn't seem to be the case (yet?).

#Cloudflare: https://radar.cloudflare.com/gw

#ioda: https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/GW

cc @IODA @radar

The OMG AskMeAnything event was specifically aimed at advocacy organizations, digital human rights researchers, anti-censorship tool developers, journalists, lawyers, activists, policymakers, and funders. Included Censored Planet #IODA #OONI and Measurement Lab. This event provided an opportunity to share project updates, future plans, and gather questions and feedback from the internet freedom community. Our translated content

- zh-TW: https://anoni.net/docs/blog/2025/08/ooni-omg-2025/
- zh-CN: https://anoni.net/docs/zh-cn/blog/2025/08/ooni-omg-2025/

OMG!第三屆 Open Measurement Gathering(OMG)的有問必答(AMA)活動總結 - 匿名網路社群 Anoni.net/Docs

OMG 有問必答活動特別針對倡議型組織、數位人權研究人員、反審查工具開發者、記者、律師、行動人士、政策制定者和資助者。參與者包括 Censored Planet、IODA、OONI 和 Measurement Lab。這次活動是 OMG 小組分享項目更新、未來計畫,以及收集網路自由社群問題和意見回饋的機會。每個參與小組做了 30 分鐘的簡報,隨後進行問答環節。

OMG 有问必答活动特别针对倡议型组织、数字人权研究人员、反审查工具开发者、记者、律师、行动人士、政策制定者和资助者。参与者包括 Censored Planet #IODA #OONI 和 Measurement Lab。这次活动是 #OMG 小组分享项目更新、未来计划,以及收集网络自由社群问题和意见反馈的机会。每个参与小组做了30分钟的简报,随后进行问答环节。

有兴趣了解更多内容,可以看看我们翻译为简体中文版本的内容
https://anoni.net/docs/zh-cn/blog/2025/08/ooni-omg-2025/

OMG!第三届 Open Measurement Gathering(OMG)的有问必答(AMA)活动总结 - 匿名网络社群 Anoni.net/Docs

OMG 有问必答活动特别针对倡议型组织、数字人权研究人员、反审查工具开发者、记者、律师、行动人士、政策制定者和资助者。参与者包括 Censored Planet、IODA、OONI 和 Measurement Lab。这次活动是 OMG 小组分享项目更新、未来计划,以及收集网络自由社群问题和意见反馈的机会。每个参与小组做了 30 分钟的简报,随后进行问答环节。

OMG 有問必答活動特別針對倡議型組織、數位人權研究人員、反審查工具開發者、記者、律師、行動人士、政策制定者和資助者。參與者包括 Censored Planet #IODA #OONI 和 Measurement Lab。這次活動是 #OMG 小組分享項目更新、未來計畫,以及收集網路自由社群問題和意見回饋的機會。每個參與小組做了 30 分鐘的簡報,隨後進行問答環節。

有興趣了解更多內容,可以看看我們翻譯為正體中文版本的內容
https://anoni.net/docs/blog/2025/08/ooni-omg-2025/

OMG!第三屆 Open Measurement Gathering(OMG)的有問必答(AMA)活動總結 - 匿名網路社群 Anoni.net/Docs

OMG 有問必答活動特別針對倡議型組織、數位人權研究人員、反審查工具開發者、記者、律師、行動人士、政策制定者和資助者。參與者包括 Censored Planet、IODA、OONI 和 Measurement Lab。這次活動是 OMG 小組分享項目更新、未來計畫,以及收集網路自由社群問題和意見回饋的機會。每個參與小組做了 30 分鐘的簡報,隨後進行問答環節。

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Republican’s Push Porn Ban Law That Would Prosecute Producers

The Republican war on free speech continues with the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA) - a porn ban law.

https://www.freezenet.ca/republicans-push-porn-ban-law-that-would-prosecute-producers/

#Censorship #News #FreeSpeech #IODA #pornography #Republicans #US

#CallToAction: "so, in addition to KOSA and many other things, if you find the internet useful & don’t want to see queer people placed on the sex offender registry for being inherently pornographic, IODA is worth your 5 minutes and calls to your senators and house rep."

Be on the record defending not only your free speech, but the right of all queer people to exist in public spaces.

#USPolitics #IODA

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/republicans-introduce-bill-to-make-all-a-federal/

@PrivacyDigest

* Larry Flynt vs United States
* First Amendment

* WAY Settled Case Law

Mormons control Utah, Mormons do not dicktate [SIC] if I or the test of America get to see tits and ass.

Alabama lost their fight against Adult Stores on First Amendment grounds.

I wish they would just scrap the Constitution so we can get the Civil War started. I'm getting old, let's get this fight started to we can finish it.

#Pornography #Republican #Utah #porn #IODA

New Bill Would Make All #Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S.

#Republican Senator of #Utah Mike Lee introduced a bill that would effectively ban #porn at the federal level in the United States.

The Interstate Obscenity Definition Act ( #IODA ), introduced by Lee and Illinois Republican Rep. Mary Miller on Thursday,

https://www.404media.co/mike-lee-porn-law-interstate-obscenity-definition-act/

New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S.

Republican Senator Mike Lee introduced Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (again) last week, which would criminalize porn at the federal level.

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