Post by @Tutanota@mastodon.social

Tuta

@Tutanota@mastodon.social yesterday

‼️Surveillance in the UK reaches a new level as the government plans to enforce PASSPORT ID checks on social media. 😡

What happened to anonymity & a free, open web?

Worryingly, this is a growing trend, which must be stopped. 💪

Check out all the countries that to introduce age verification: https://tuta.com/blog/age-verification-kills-anonymity

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Big Brother Watch’s Maya Thomas Comments on the UK government’s plans to enforce passport ID checks on social media: “This proposal would tie every social media account, including everything we post, comment or search for, to a government ID.”

“It would spell the
death of whistleblower, dissident and similar anonymous accounts that enrich democracy, and severely widen the scope for invasive social media surveillance.” — “It would spell the death of whistleblower, dissident and similar anonymous accounts that enrich democracy, and severely widen the scope for invasive social media surveillance.”

Tuta

Age Verification: What countries require you to perform ID checks & for what websites and platforms? | Tuta

Will the age verification era kill anonymity? As more countries are passing age verification laws, let's take a look at what countries already require it, and for what services, online sites,and social media platforms.

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Jhonatan Agudelo Botero

@Futuszulf@mastodon.social 22 hr. ago

Angesichts dieser besorgniserregenden Situationen ist es ratsam, Anwendungen zu nutzen, die den Schwerpunkt auf die Sicherheit digitaler Daten legen, um zu verhindern, dass personenbezogene Daten in die Hände böswilliger Regierungen gelangen, wie es in diesem Fall geschehen ist. Dies trifft auf die Regierung des Vereinigten Königreichs zu.

softproof

@softproof@mastodon.social 24 hr. ago

@Tutanota On the plus side: we'd all become very kind & caring citizens. Ostensibly.

Dominik

@dominik@mainz.social yesterday

@Tutanota

Europe might have a say in this if GB wants back in and we continue to fight ✊

Gillinger

@Gillinger@mas.to yesterday

@Tutanota @jackyan

Please point me to any UK government announcement that this is in the works.
Terrible if true, but if your info comes from the likes of the UK press I'd take it with a pinch of salt.

Sorro

@Sorro@woof.tech yesterday

GhostOnTheHalfShell

@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai yesterday

@Tutanota

Are there any political parties aware of this issue and have they said anything about it?

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social yesterday

@Tutanota

https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-behind-metas-2b-lobbying-for-invasive-age-verification-tech

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/04/apple-googlestates-app-stores-lawsuits-01105892

https://gizmodo.com/group-pushing-age-verification-requirements-for-ai-turns-out-to-be-sneakily-backed-by-openai-2000741069

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/02/ban-children-social-media-biometic-data-surveilled

When the fossil fuel industry orders up a fascist movement, this is the result.

The most corrupt industry on the planet owns & operates Big Tech as proxies. International ubiquitous surveillance is the goal.

Nazis always demand to see your papers.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=678zIu4RJF8

YouTubessa voit nauttia parhaista videoista ja musiikista, ladata alkuperäistä sisältöä ja jakaa kaiken ystäviesi, perheesi ja koko maailman kanssa.

https://gizmodo.com/group-pushing-age-verification-requirements-for-ai-turns-out-to-be-sneakily-backed-by-openai-2000741069

POLITICO

Lobbyists for the tech giants are pitching bills that would require age checks for app downloads while barring private lawsuits over the rules and leaving enforcement to state attorneys general.

Gadget Review

Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech

Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance requirements.

the Guardian

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz

Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

Jeff

@cynical13@social.vivaldi.net yesterday

@Tutanota

I feel like I need to start binge reading cyberpunk novels just to know what horrible things will be coming up next.

Kid Mania

@clintruin@mastodon.social yesterday

@Tutanota
“It would spell the
death of whistleblower, dissident and similar anonymous accounts that enrich democracy, and severely widen the scope for invasive social media surveillance.”

🤔
Well...yeah. Is this not the point?

#doomed