TutaMar 10

Hundreds of scientists say stop! ✋🚨

Governments should pause plans for mandatory #AgeChecks on online services until serious #privacy and #security concerns are addressed.

As countries push to ban children from social media, the risk to everyone’s privacy is growing. 🔐🌍

👉 Read more on #AgeVerification, why scientist say NO & whether your country wants it: https://tuta.com/blog/age-verification-kills-anonymity

Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Mar 10
@Tutanota Why don't you ask people in the country that already has restrictions on children's use of social media? Instead of speculating, ask us what it's like.
Show threadDan YorkMar 10
@anne_twain I realize you were asking @Tutanota - but I'm curious and so I'll ask... what is it like? What is your experience so far with the restrictions?
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘

@danyork @Tutanota Thanks for asking. 😉 I'm a retiree who spends hours on social media every day. I've never been asked to provide proof of age. What I'm hearing about kids in the banned age group is that not much has changed because they're finding ways around it.

My understanding is that the Australian law puts the onus on the platforms to exclude the underage kids. It's been said that social media platforms already know what age group you are anyway, because they profile everyone based on things like your interests, what you talk about, the words you use etc, and that's how they tailor the advertising you see.

Mar 11 at 12:19amWeb
Show threadDan YorkMar 12
@anne_twain @Tutanota Interesting. So at this point you haven’t seen any new requests yet to provide proof of your age. I am not at all surprised about the kids - that is exactly what I would expect.
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Mar 12
@danyork None at all. Its just been announced that if you want to visit " adult" sites, you'll have to prove your age, but I won't be visiting those anyway, so no loss.