Open Rights Group

“We could be forced to hand over personal data as part of a digital ID age check to access parts of the Internet and anyone under 18 could be completely banned from other platforms – all at a ministers’ discretion."

“We urge parliamentarians to think twice about giving current and future ministers such vast, far-reaching and changeable powers” when the UK Children’s Bill returns to the Lords today.

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/13-year-olds-could-be-compelled-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/

#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #childrensbill #ukpolitics #ukpol

13 year olds could be compelled to use unregulated age verification

Last minute amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will have huge implications for freedom of expression and privacy in the UK, Open Rights Group has warned.

Open Rights Group
Mar 25 at 3:34pmWeb
Show threadAlineHayes1d ago
@openrightsgroup Or people can be locked out of certain features of their phones because the latest iOS update in UK demands age verification. No warning and happening now, not dependent on this vote. Very limited evidences acceptable (drivers license, credit card) or, weirdly, length of time your Apple ID has been in use… Doesn’t say how ID is processed/by whom or how stored (if at all).
Show threadCarolyn1d ago
@openrightsgroup This will allow the government, tech bros, advertisers to follow kids through childhood into adulthood. This does not have a good ending.
Show threadPete's Mom 🍉 🇺🇦 ☮️1d ago
@openrightsgroup
Sweet! They can live with identity theft and all the expenses that come with credit card fraud before they're even eligible for their own first credit card!
Show threadDoug 🌈🇨🇦 1d ago
@openrightsgroup rather than spreading childrens age and location around the internet it would be far better to outlaw sites that are designed to be addictive and do harm like Facebook, X, YouTube et al.