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The UK Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom are pushing for tech companies to strengthen age checks.

It's disastrous that the ICO wants to somehow 'protect children’s data' by compelling 13-18 year olds to use poorly regulated digital identification products that could put their biometric data at risk.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/social-media-ico-protect-children-b2936462.html

#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online

The regulators accused tech platforms of ‘failing to put children’s safety at the heart of their products’

The Independent

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Open Rights Group 5d ago

"We need strong regulation of the age verification industry so that Internet users' privacy and security is better protected. Until we have that, the ICO should stop pushing digital identification.”

🗣️ James Baker for ORG.

ORG calls for age assurance industry to be regulated

Open Rights Group has warned of serious privacy and security risks for people in the UK as online platforms start to ask users to verify their age, as required by the Online Safety Act.

Open Rights Group

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dcre 5d ago

@openrightsgroup It should have been regulated long before such destructive and tyranical laws were put in place

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[tj] - knows what your packets are thinking 5d ago

@openrightsgroup

every time you post an alarmist response to proposed legislation you are admitting to having failed in your 20 year mission to protect digital rights in the uk.

You should be ahead of this, it shouldn’t get to this point.

You didn’t start last week.

If you can’t nip these things early what exactly is the money used for?

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TC Won't Give In To Lies 5d ago

@tj @openrightsgroup
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It's easy to find reasons not to do something, or to smear the overused "protect the kids" justification.

But there are very real online harms, to people of all ages and society as a whole. The public demand for action is growing.

So, we need solutions. And without groups like Open Rights offering them, governments will naturally look to techbros.

As a former boss used to say, "if you don't come with a better solution, you're just complaining".

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[tj] - knows what your packets are thinking 5d ago

@TCatInReality @openrightsgroup but they aren’t offering anything

They don’t do anything

They use these panics to raise money so they can put on some public farce for the next time to raise money.

Success here isn’t having to fight everyday, do some actual lobbying

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