Of #DigitalIDs

One frontbencher describes this latest U-turn as, simply, “a shitshow.”

Ha !

2026 is just a much of a nightmare as 2025 for Starmer and his woodentops

"A new Texas statute aimed at inserting the state into routine decisions about app downloads has been stopped at the courthouse door, at least for now.

A federal judge ruled days before the law’s scheduled launch that its design collides with the First Amendment and cannot be enforced while the case moves forward.

Robert Pitman of the Western District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking Senate Bill 2420, the Texas App Store Accountability Act, which was set to take effect on January 1.

We obtained a copy of the order for you here.

The law would have required app stores to verify every user’s age (which would mean digital ID checks or biometric scans) and forced minors to obtain parental approval before downloading apps or buying in-app content.

In a detailed written ruling, Pitman concluded the statute is both constitutionally defective and structurally unworkable.

“The Act is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door and, for minors, require parental consent before the child or teen could enter and again when they try to purchase a book,” he wrote.

He added that “when considered on the merits, SB 2420 violates the First Amendment.”"

https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-app-store-accountability-act-blocked-federal-judge-first-amendment

#USA #Texas #FirstAmendment #AgeVerification #DigitalIDs #Biometrics

"It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can create a social media account.

Age-verification laws may sound straightforward to some: protect young people online by making everyone prove their age. But in reality, these mandates force users into one of two flawed systems—mandatory ID checks or biometric scans—and both are deeply discriminatory. These proposals burden everyone’s right to speak and access information online, and structurally excludes the very people who rely on the internet most. In short, although these laws are often passed with the intention to protect children from harm, the reality is that these laws harm both adults and children.

Here’s who gets hurt, and how:"

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-age-verification

#AgeVerification #DigitalIDs #Biometrics #Surveilance #Privacy

25 States Now Require Your Government ID Online

https://techlore.tv/w/hF76f1sstH3eermJg6Avp7

❌"We won't be carrying #digitalIDs'

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/_UwHtxnRMCw

#NoDigitalPapersPleaseCards

#FuckDigitalIDCards

Gab es auf dem #Digitalgipfel beim Thema #souveranitat für #digitalIDs eine Antwort auf die Frage, wie #BundID/ #eID / #EUID wallets & co jenseits von #Apple und #Google Mobilgeräten genutzt werden könnten?

Wenn menschen Ihre #Identitäten nur auf Geräten dieser Hersteller nutzen könnten, wäre europäische #Souveränität doch sehr "fragil"

🚨🇬🇧 Surveillance in the UK is rising as it plans to roll out mandatory #digitalIDs for all its citizens.

Why is this deeply concerning?

❌ Increases state control

❌ Infringes on your privacy

❌ First step to creating a surveillance state

#CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth #DigitalID #NotodigitalID #UK

#Privacy #Dystopia

#MichaelShellenberger ~8 minute video about #DigitalIDs https://www.public.news/p/total-surveillance-censorship-and