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😱 UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough
UK agency alleges “Reddit failed to apply any robust age assurance mechanism.” 😱

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/uk-fines-reddit-for-not-checking-user-ages-aggressively-enough/

#reddit #redditnews #redditfine #uk #uktech #facialid #ageverification #tech #technews #ukagency #privacy #apps #socialnetworks #agecheck

UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough

UK agency alleges "Reddit failed to apply any robust age assurance mechanism."

Ars Technica

Lusogeek Nov 21

👎 Apple launches Digital ID feature for storing passports on iPhone and Apple Watch 👎

https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/apple-launches-digital-id-feature-for-storing-passports-on-iphone-and-apple-watch/

#apple #applenews #digitalid #faceid #passwords #iphone #applewatch #facialid #tech #technews #apps #ios #usa #travel #security

Apple launches Digital ID feature for storing passports on iPhone and Apple Watch

Apple introduces Digital IDs in Apple Wallet, letting users store and present a US passport-based ID at TSA checkpoints for domestic flights at 250 airports

AlternativeTo

Mark Jun 14, 2023

MEPs endorse blanket ban on facial recognition in public spaces, rejecting targeted exemptions

#Biometrics or #FacialID has been often linked to #authoritarian regimes

The total ban is part of a draft piece of legislation, known as the Artificial Intelligence Act

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/06/14/meps-endorse-blanket-ban-on-facial-recognition-in-public-spaces-rejecting-targeted-exempti

#EuropeanUnion #AI #biometrics #BiometricIdentification #police #LawEnforcement #FacialID #BigBrother #Orwell #1984 #PoliceState #privacy

MEPs endorse blanket ban on facial recognition in public spaces

Members of the European Parliament endorsed on Wednesday a blanket ban on AI-powered facial recognition in public places. #EuropeNews

euronews

Mark May 5, 2023

https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stop-facial-recognition/

#ToryFascistDictatorship #PoliceState #ID #FaceID #FacialID #DemocracyNotAutocracy #ToryScum #privacy #1984 #Orwell #dystopia #dystopian #UK #UnitedKingdom #police

Stop Facial Recognition — Big Brother Watch

Anne Fausto Sterling Jan 15, 2023

In Maciej Ceglowski’s memorable phrase, “Machine learning is like money laundering for bias"
https://greggormattson.com/2017/09/09/artificial-intelligence-discovers-gayface/
#artificialintelligence #facialID