Governments from Australia to Canada are requiring online age verification, forcing users to share personal IDs to access content. These measures raise serious privacy, security, and freedom-of-speech risks for all users 🌐

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/global-age-verification-measures-2024-year-review

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Dylan "I read the law and I'm here to implement it" M. Tylor gets up in the morning and decides to write age verification code that he himself calls "hilariously pointless and ineffective", within a week strikes 4 repos off his list, and i bet the Linux Kernel is going to be next (I'm joking... mostly)

It's worth noting that the first people who approved the PR on systemd repo are 2 big tech employees - Mircoslop and Redhat/IBM (why I'm i not surprised!!), someone then opened a revert PR, Lennart Poettering (systemd creator) closed it.. thus blocking the removal

And this is why you now have Liberated Systemd, a fork of systemd without Age verification.. which IS 'hilariously pointless and ineffective' at saving children

when engineers starts reading the law like a specification, this is what you get.. useful idiots.

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RE: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116307429187383416

I'm not worried about the surveillance laws as much as I'm worried about the "bUt wE cAn mAKe iT pRivAte" camp

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Honestly.. at first i was surprised (and disappointed) at some major Linux distributions not having a clear answer to age verification laws after weeks of their announcement, but then lots of them started discussing them. really! discussing them! what's there to be discussed?

"maybe we can implement age checks in a privacy respecting manner? 👉👈"

And it's just so happens this serves the corporation that you work for best interests! Big tech "Foss devs" have a clear conflict of interest here

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EU, Japan, Australia Move From Voluntary Cyber Guidelines to Binding Law https://broadbandbreakfast.com/eu-japan-australia-move-from-voluntary-cyber-guidelines-to-binding-law/

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Presently reading the 56 page opposition brief in the #socialmedia case regarding teens - the PDF available in the article below.

https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/fact-check-team-landmark-teen-social-media-addiction-trial-unfolds-as-filings-go-public-teenagers

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IoT privacy compliance development.
Samsung will revise ACR data practices after legal action by the Texas Attorney General.

Key elements:
• Real-time viewing habit collection under scrutiny
• Enhanced disclosure & consent flow promised
• Emphasis on consumer transparency
• Broader regulatory pressure on smart device telemetry

ACR data monetization highlights a persistent tension:
Device intelligence vs user autonomy
Advertising revenue vs explicit consent
Convenience vs continuous telemetry
As regulatory enforcement increases, IoT vendors may face stricter consent design expectations.
Question for security & privacy professionals:
Should connected consumer devices require periodic re-consent for telemetry collection?

Source: https://therecord.media/samsung-updates-acr-privacy-practices-texas

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Regulatory Enforcement Brief:
Entity: Reddit
Regulator: Information Commissioner's Office
Penalty: £14.47M
Issue: Inadequate age assurance mechanisms
Findings:
• Over-reliance on self-declared age
• Alleged unlawful processing of children’s data
• Lack of early DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment)
• Enforcement under Age Appropriate Design Code
Core tension:
Privacy-by-minimization vs. identity-based compliance controls.
Expect broader enforcement trends targeting platforms relying solely on self-attestation models.
Source: https://therecord.media/reddit-children-age-checks-uk-ico-fine

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Mullvad Campaign Blocked in UK Amid Surveillance Debate
Mullvad VPN says its “And Then?” campaign criticizing UK surveillance measures was rejected from TV broadcast.

The debate intersects with:
• The Online Safety Act
• Proposed VPN identity verification
• Client-side scanning discussions
• Expanded regulatory oversight

Security implications:
• Increased compliance pressure on privacy tools
• Regulatory scrutiny of encryption services
• Chilling effects on anti-surveillance advocacy
Is this a policy enforcement issue - or a warning sign for privacy discourse?

Source: https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

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