Open Rights GroupMar 5

🚨 ID checks to get online could become the new norm 🚨

A new amendment would give the UK government sweeping powers to block access to lawful information and communications.

That's unless we submit our identification to a bounty of providers.

Tell your MP to stop this broad and repressive law ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks-web-access

#privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #digitalID #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Show threadOpen Rights GroupMar 5

New powers would let Ministers pick and choose what should be restricted, as well as impose curfews on access.

All without having to prove sites are harmful for children.

They don’t just cover social media, but all 'Internet services’ – blogs, websites, online games and more.

This is overreach.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/under-16-social-media-ban-overturned-5HjdTnr_2/

#privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #digitalID #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Lords-backed under-16 social media ban to be overturned as Labour prepares its own measures | LBC

A Lords-backed ban on children using social media could be overturned next week.

LBC
Show threadOpen Rights GroupMar 5

All adults would have to do a digital ID check to establish their age with third-parties so they can access any service.

If you don't, you could face blocks or time restricted curfews.

These powers could be used by any government in the UK to restrict access to almost any online service you could imagine.

#privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #digitalID #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Michael NischtMar 7
Show threadOpen Rights Group

This is no longer about banning under-16s from social media.

It’s about control over all information and forcing adults to go through digital ID checks to access the Internet.

Forcing us to submit our identity or biometric data to an array of different providers poses significant privacy risks.

#privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #digitalID #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Mar 5 at 12:53pmWeb
Show threadRevK Mar 5
@openrightsgroup We have already seen the various age verification companies being seriously compromised. As predicted. And bogus age checks on sites to collect data, as predicted.
Show threadGarbage Data 🦝Mar 5
@openrightsgroup It never was about protecting children!
Show threadStoneBear Mar 5

@openrightsgroup It's also about making a barrier to entry for new providers that (mostly Amerikaanse) BigTech have already cleared, thus allowing them to corner the market. #fuckBigTech

Relevant: https://goblincorps.com/ageless-linux.html (the "The Quiet Part" tab expands on my point)

Show threadNorry NowtMar 5
@openrightsgroup also governments and corpos don't like free stuff. free stuff undercuts profit and difficult to control
Show threadpunIssuerMar 5
@openrightsgroup it never gets old, huh?
Comic by John Jonik, 2005...
Show threadNanoMar 6
@punissuer @openrightsgroup half of each, apparently
Show threadpunIssuerMar 6
@nanoni17728 @openrightsgroup
Show threadDonCCMar 6
@punissuer @openrightsgroup
thanks for sharing. this is brilliant!
Show threadCaptain Jack SparrowMar 6

@openrightsgroup

that's exactly what they want