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Age Verification: Teaching the world how to evade censorship
https://alecmuffett.com/article/132609
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #TheVpnEffect #censorship #missouri #surveillance
Prediction: within 2 years there will be a backlash against the social media ban in Australia, but not the one you expect
https://alecmuffett.com/article/131541
#OnlineSafety #SocialMedia #censorship
Age verification is emerging in the EU as a tool to protect minors online ⚠️. But it raises privacy risks, expands surveillance, and excludes millions from digital spaces 🔒.
Experts warn it creates a false sense of security while failing to address root causes of online harm.
🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/why-age-verification-misses-the-mark-and-puts-everyone-at-risk/
#TechNews #Privacy #DataRights #DigitalSafety #CyberSecurity #UserData #ChildRights #DigitalRights #OnlineSafety #GDPR #Inclusion #DigitalEthics #AI #Surveillance #HumanRights
Age Verification: Teaching the world how to evade censorship
https://alecmuffett.com/article/132609
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #TheVpnEffect #censorship #missouri #surveillance
Prediction: within 2 years there will be a backlash against the social media ban in Australia, but not the one you expect
https://alecmuffett.com/article/131541
#OnlineSafety #SocialMedia #censorship
Age verification is emerging in the EU as a tool to protect minors online ⚠️. But it raises privacy risks, expands surveillance, and excludes millions from digital spaces 🔒.
Experts warn it creates a false sense of security while failing to address root causes of online harm.
🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/why-age-verification-misses-the-mark-and-puts-everyone-at-risk/
#TechNews #Privacy #DataRights #DigitalSafety #CyberSecurity #UserData #ChildRights #DigitalRights #OnlineSafety #GDPR #Inclusion #DigitalEthics #AI #Surveillance #HumanRights
‘The devil’s in the detail’
Hear from ORG’s @JamesBaker on the intersection of the Database State and AI in #DigitalID, how Ofcom’s Magnum Opus of #OnlineSafety regulations abdicates responsibility for social problems to #BigTech, and the self sabotage of trying to break #encryption.
But in the end, ‘opposition creates innovation’ ✊
Listen now ⬇️
https://vpetersson.com/podcast/S02E20.html
#onlinesafetyact #ukpol #ofcom #privacy #cybersecurity #tech #ukpolitics
‘The devil’s in the detail’
Hear from ORG’s @JamesBaker on the intersection of the Database State and AI in #DigitalID, how Ofcom’s Magnum Opus of #OnlineSafety regulations abdicates responsibility for social problems to #BigTech, and the self sabotage of trying to break #encryption.
But in the end, ‘opposition creates innovation’ ✊
Listen now ⬇️
https://vpetersson.com/podcast/S02E20.html
#onlinesafetyact #ukpol #ofcom #privacy #cybersecurity #tech #ukpolitics
Is Ofcom coming for VPNs?
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the UK Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"It’s important to note VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker
#vpn #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol
Hack Club has been handling children's data for 4 years without a privacy policy
https://kys.llc/blog/my-hackclub-story
#HackerNews #HackClub #PrivacyPolicy #DataProtection #TechEthics #OnlineSafety
Is Ofcom coming for VPNs?
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the UK Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"It’s important to note VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker
#vpn #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol
IP Blocking the UK Is Not Enough to Comply with the Online Safety Act
#HackerNews #IPBlocking #OnlineSafety #Act #Compliance #Cybersecurity #UK #InternetPolicy
Character.ai to bar children under 18 from using its chatbots
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/technology/characterai-underage-users.html
#HackerNews #CharacterAI #Chatbots #Children #Ban #Under18 #OnlineSafety
Aggressive bots ruined my weekend
https://herman.bearblog.dev/agressive-bots/
#HackerNews #AggressiveBots #RuinedWeekend #WeekendWoes #BotProblems #TechNews #OnlineSafety
Looking forward to a great panel tomorrow at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social Forum, hosted by ROOST President, @camillefrancois.bsky.social. Stay tuned for more! #onlinesafety #AI #AItransparency #opensource #trustandsafety #techforgood
Looking forward to a great panel tomorrow at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social Forum, hosted by ROOST President, @camillefrancois.bsky.social. Stay tuned for more! #onlinesafety #AI #AItransparency #opensource #trustandsafety #techforgood
My Domain Was Poached by a Cambodian
https://davidnicholaswilliams.com/my-domain-was-poached/
#HackerNews #DomainPoaching #CambodianDomain #Cybersecurity #OnlineSafety #DomainTheft
The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself – and sovereign powers to regulate foreign companies
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117792
#4chan #OfcomFiles #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #PrestonByrne #censorship #ofcom #surveillance
The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself – and sovereign powers to regulate foreign companies
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117792
#4chan #OfcomFiles #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #PrestonByrne #censorship #ofcom #surveillance
Activists will feel the brunt of censorship.
The ban on Palestine Action has been used to justify the arrests of people protesting the war in Gaza or the ban itself.
Similarly, posts relating to Palestine could be censored as 'terrorist' content under Ofcom's (UK) proposals.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
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