If you watch one video today, make it. Thomas Pearson talking about the online safety act and its impact on mental health — his, and others…
This:
https://www.tiktok.com/@thomasrpearson/video/7592213183801150742
#ageVerification #censorship #mentalHealth #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct #surveillanceMY OWN COUNTRY IS TRYING TO DO THE #AgeVerification shit as well!
they said "no" to #ChatControl and now they seem to say yes?
As Florida will have another age verification bill to fight in the next few weeks, it's a good time to familiarize yourself with the problems and knock-on effects of this policy. It's supposed to protect kids. Instead it endangers them and everyone else
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/age-verification-coming-internet-we-built-you-resource-hub-fight-back
Thank you to @eff for this!
#Privacy #Florida #AgeVerification #Miami #DigitalRights #Tech
Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States and around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. That's why today, we're launching EFF.org/Age, a one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what these laws actually do, what’s at stake, why EFF opposes all forms of age verification, how to protect yourself, and how to join the fight for a free, open, private, and yes—safe—internet.
"French lawmakers are preparing a renewed push to limit children’s online exposure, unveiling a proposal that would block anyone under 15 from using social media platforms.
The draft legislation, reviewed by AFP, sets September 2026 as the target date for enforcement.
President Emmanuel Macron has endorsed the plan and urged Parliament to take it up.
France’s effort follows a similar move in Australia, which recently became the first country to impose an outright ban on under-16s accessing social media.
To apply such a rule, online platforms would need to verify every user’s age at sign-up or login. This would go far beyond the current model of self-declared birthdays and instead rely on official credentials such as national IDs, driver’s licenses, or government-backed digital identity wallets.
In effect, it would introduce a form of digital ID into everyday internet use."
https://reclaimthenet.org/france-social-media-ban-under-15-digital-id-age-verification
#France #EU #Macron #SocialMedia #NannyState #PoliceState #Censorship #DigitalID #AgeVerification #Surveillance #Privacy
Tried to log into my #Vimeo account and it wouldn't let me without first providing proof of my #identity (#ageverification).
That was the final push I needed to abandon Vimeo and set up on #PeerTube.
First #video uploaded https://tube.fediverse.games/c/strangequarkgames/videos
Either I fake it or I give up, no way in hell I'm gonna let #facebook scan my face. I'm *not* dealing with that #1984 bullshit.
Okay what in the fuck do I genuinely need this to create a #facebook account???
(Also thank you random #youtube person with slavic accent🙏🙏🙏)
NVM it seems they saw my post cuz now I need to "confirm my identity with a selfie" on Facebook. Anyone knows how to fool that 1984 insanity?
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