Digital checkpoints will crop up all over the Internet after UK MPs backed new powers to expand age verification.
The only way to block under-16s is to run checks on everybody.
That's millions more people having to hand over personal data to unregulated providers just to access everyday services.
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The problem of online harms lies with the underlying business models of social media platforms.
Digital ID age checks do nothing to change that.
We need to disrupt the advertising-driven business models built on surveillance, profiling and maximising engagement.
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https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech
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Platforms like X, Facebook and Instagram harvest our personal data so that they can target us with ads. Their platforms are designed to keep us online, pushing out content that will keep us engaged. Their power to shape and control what we see online is not only harming children and adults but democracy itself. But we often feel locked in, not wanting to leave the spaces where we still have friends, family and followers. The Government says it’s holding Big Tech to account over online...
The UK Parliament continues to pursue an approach to online safety that doesn't work.
The Australian under-16 social media ban has failed to make any difference and people have sought ways around it.
Digital ID age checks come at the cost of everyone's privacy and free expression. The math ain't mathing.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/most-australian-teens-admit-social-111400429.html
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A new survey found more than 60% of Australian kids between 12 and 15 are still using at least one social media platform following a ban implemented last...
“In less than a year, we’ve gone from proposals to check ID for porn to the prospect of checking ID to access social media or unlock everyday features such as livestreams or feeds.
These online ID systems put both children and adults’ sensitive data at risk.”
🗣️ @JamesBaker for ORG.
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Digital ID age checks have taken another lunge forward. UK MPs have agreed to new powers to expand age verification across online platforms.
More and more everyday web services will be locked behind digital checkpoints, despite the serious privacy and security risks of this system.
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“We could be forced to hand over personal data as part of a digital ID age check to access parts of the Internet and anyone under 18 could be completely banned from other platforms – all at a ministers’ discretion."
“We urge parliamentarians to think twice about giving current and future ministers such vast, far-reaching and changeable powers” when the UK Children’s Bill returns to the Lords today.
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