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Tuta

@Tutanota@mastodon.social · 8 hours ago

🚨 The UK says it wants to "protect children online"

Yet, forcing EVERYONE to verify their age won't stop harm - but put all of us under surveillance.

Today, we've signed an open letter together with @mullvad @Tor @mozilla & others to stop #AgeVerification in the UK 💪

Read the complete letter: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/app/uploads/2026/05/UK-joint-statement-against-age-gates.pdf

First they came for Adult Sites
And I did not speak out
Because I was not interested in Adult sites
Then they came for chat apps
And I did not speak out
Because I was not interested in chat apps
Then they came for Social Media
And I did not speak out
Because I was not interested in Social Media
Then they locked the whole web behind ID verification
Then they came for VPNs
And I did not speak out
Because I was not interested in VPNs
And there was nowhere left
To speak up — First they came for Adult Sites And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in Adult sites Then they came for chat apps And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in chat apps Then they came for Social Media And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in Social Media Then they locked the whole web behind ID verification Then they came for VPNs And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in VPNs And there was nowhere left To speak up

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#ageverification

Inc Hulk 🧪

@IncHulk@mastodon.green · 48 minutes ago

@Tutanota @mullvad @Tor @mozilla
Any procedure to try to stop kids getting online to see what they want to see, needs to be brighter than the kids (very few politicians can match them).
Basically, the solutions will not work... Privacy online is a human right in my opinion.

Kierkethumbs up convincingly

@Kierkegaanks@beige.party · 2 hours ago

@mullvad @Tutanota @mozilla @Tor corruption is injury. Off with their heads

Space Queen Enthusiast

@GalacticGoddess@ieji.de · 3 hours ago

@Tutanota Unfortunately, I think this letter will fall upon deaf ears. As we've learned from their response to the OSA repeal petition, their response to any criticism of these laws is to 1: Glaze said laws 2: Imply critics of the laws are sex pests/pedophiles/etc. and 3: Enact even more fascist legislation.

The UK Government (and I'm sure plenty of other governments) is willing to die on the hill of these thinly veiled mass surveillance/censorship laws. They won't stop unless the courts/a future parliament/a general strike forces them to. Because enacting a fascist police state is just too good to pass up.

I would be glad to be wrong and they actually listen but I don't think that will be the case.

#Privacy #Censorship #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #AgeVerification #Surveillance #Internet #SocialMedia #UK #UnitedKingdom

The_Universality

@The_Universality@mastodon.novotnykrystof.com · 6 hours ago

@Tutanota The @torproject is the correct mention.

Also check for the mullvad mention :).

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@paranormal_distribution@fosstodon.org · 6 hours ago

@Tutanota @mullvad
Correct Tor project link: @Tor @mozilla