Stop the OS Surveillance MandaRepost this if you want to respect privacy and have #DigitalFreedom from all oppressive age verification laws like those that target operating systems and app stores. #PrivacyFirst #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #StopOSSpies #NoAgeSignals #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #Linux
Here you can find your legislators in your state so that you can tell them not to make OS-level bills again because they are too "dystopian" to affect the US Constitution. #StopOSSpies #PrivacyFirst #DigitalFreedom #DigitalRights #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #NoAgeSignals
Find Your Legislators - Plural Policy
Find Your Legislators. Search for your representatives & look up legislation across the United States Search Legislation Look up a bill Looking for your existing OpenStates.org account and bill tracking tool? You can still access that account here. Find Your Legislators Enter your address We are committed to making democracy more accessible and transparent. As
Here is an article by @eff about the issues of #AgeVerification laws, affecting the parts of the US Constitution nationwide. #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #PrivacyFirst #CyberSecurity #NoAgeSignals #DigitalRights #DigitalFreedom
Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub
Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “age estimation” methods—before granting them access to certain online content or services. Governments in the U.S. and around the world are increasingly adopting these restrictive measures in the name of protecting children online. But in practice, these systems create dangerous new forms of surveillance, censorship, and exclusion. Technologically, the age verification process can take many forms: collection and analysis of government ID, biometric scans, algorithmic or AI-based behavioral or user monitoring, digital ID, the list goes on. But no matter the method, every system demands users hand over sensitive and immutable personal information that links their offline identity to their online activity. Once that valuable data is collected, it can easily be leaked, hacked, or misused. (Indeed, we’ve already seen several breaches of age verification providers.) EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Age verification technology itself is often inaccurate and privacy-invasive. These restrictive mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet. They are tools of censorship, used to block people from viewing or sharing information that the government deems “harmful” or “offensive.” And they create surveillance systems that critically undermine online privacy, chill access to vital online communities and resources, and burden the expressive rights of adults and young people alike. EFF.org/Age: A Resource to Empower Users Age-gating mandates are reshaping the internet in ways that are invasive, dangerous, and deeply unnecessary. But users are not powerless! We can challenge these laws, protect our digital rights, and build a safer digital world for all internet users, no matter their ages. This resource hub is here to help—so explore, share, and join us in the fight for a better internet.
A "Standardized Age API" is just a fancy name for a permanent security hole. If every app can "call" your OS for your age bracket, hackers can too. We're mandating a new way to profile and deanonymize users at the hardware level. 🛑💻 #CyberSecurity #NoAgeSignals