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Indonesia outlines plan to limit under-16s' access to social media | TechCrunch

Indonesian has outlined new regulations that would restrict users under 16 from accessing digital platforms.

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Sharing for awareness. The government is building the walls to the cage, and we should be upset.
I wish all companies and dev teams would turn their back on the state. Servers that just won't query. I am not optimistic. Video does better to explain without rage baiting.

#opensource #linux #privacy #agerestriction #bigbrother #osint #tgif

https://youtu.be/hI9oy0t4JUU?si=tb7F62cwtCHkyXUZ

Your Phone Is Now Required to Spy on You. It’s the Law.

YouTube

Wladimir Mufty Feb 24

“Age restriction laws are not just about kids and screens. They are reshaping how identity, privacy, and access work on the #Internet for everyone.”

#yivi #betterSolutions #AgeRestriction

https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification

Is Age Verification a Trap?

Platforms are caught in a dilemma: enforce age restrictions or protect user privacy. How are they navigating this tricky terrain?

IEEE Spectrum

MFennVT Feb 10

"I'll repeat my promise to you all: we will fight every state attempt to impose mandatory age verification and deanonymization on our users as hard as we possibly can, and we will keep actions like this to the clear cases where there's no doubt that we have to take action in order to prevent liability. " #Dreamwidth continuing to fight the good fight. ✊🏻

https://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/45267.html #AgeRestriction #fascism

dw_news | Update on legal cases: one new victory! :) One new restriction :(

Luminex Jan 29

Should teenagers follow age restrictions given on social media platforms?
#AskFedi #Ask_Fedi #Poll #Polls #AgeRestriction #Teenagers

Yes

45.5%

No

54.5%

Poll ended at Feb 5 at 4:01pm.

Micdan Sigilo Jan 27

Varios videojuegos están y estarán implementando restricciones de edad para que los menores eventualmente cedan su información personal (o la de sus padres, posiblemente sin que se den cuenta) para acceder a esos juegos. Este ha sido el caso del súper popular #Minecraft, que para colmo es propiedad de #Microslop.

Por esta razón recomiendo #Luanti. En el siguiente hilo explico más la experiencia que he tenido con este juego.

#gaming #agerestriction #LaPrivacidadImporta #PrivacyMatters

MediaFaro News Digest Jan 22

Finland sets tougher guidelines: No social media or smartphones for under-13s.

Finland has issued stricter guidelines for children’s use of digital gadgets, including the call for a ban on the use of social media or smartphones for under-13s.

The new rules were published on Thursday.

“We’ve had an uncontrolled human experiment going on,” says an associate professor in adolescent medicine.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260122-finland-sets-tougher-guidelines-no-social-media-or-smartphones-for-under-13s?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#SocialMedia #Smartphones #AgeRestriction #Finland #Children

Finland sets tougher guidelines: No social media or smartphones for under-13s.

Finland has issued stricter guidelines for children’s use of digital gadgets, including the call for a ban on the use of social media or smartphones for under-13s. The new rules …

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William Main Jan 21

OpenAI tightens ChatGPT's reins: new age restriction technology blocks access to users under 18, ensuring compliance with COPPA. AI model now verifies user ages using machine learning algorithms to prevent minors from interacting with explicit or harmful content. #ChatGPT #AgeRestriction #DigitalSafety

https://www.makeuseof.com/openai-rolls-out-new-chatgpt-age-restriction-tech/

This is why your ChatGPT account is suddenly age-restricted

OpenAI's new age restriction checks are rolling out.

MakeUseOf

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Toni Aittoniemi Dec 15

@nileane It’s not just that even.

It’s entirely within the realm of possibility, that the large social media companies will actually lobby for the #agerestriction laws to become even more complex and broad.

Making complince with the law become prohibitively expensive would drown out competitors and alternatives like the #fediverse

Techdirt Dec 11

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Censors & Sensibility

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/11/ctrl-alt-speech-censors-sensibility/

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Censors & Sensibility

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, …

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