#ageverification — Public Fediverse posts
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Zero Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets
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I've been looking at what route LinkedIn has been going on for the past few years, and it's honestly sickening. Been getting a lot of updates about not only the platform in general, but also about the practices that they have been delving into.
My main problem with LinkedIn is with the identity verification system.
My friend, Ilia Kuzmin (@rm3g), a senior Delphi developer, just lost his account thanks to LinkedIn because he didn't have the "right" passport. He's been on this platform for multiple years, and has been consistently growing and posting both useful and interesting content over here on the platform – which is honestly a refreshing break from all the AI slop that's been plaguing the platform over the years.
LinkedIn says that it's not going to restore his account, JUST BECAUSE of his passport, and I find that argument completely ridiculous and racist.
This identity verification scenario will only get worse as time goes by, and it will not just be LinkedIn at that point. Soon, you might find yourself locked out of your house or even your car just because you belong from a certain place.
That is not the world I want to live in.
Delete your official verification from LinkedIn.
I just did.
#IdentityVerification #BigBrother #MassSurveillance #Privacy #AgeVerification #LinkedIn
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Relatedly, also from the Foundation:
> We're surveying sex educators about their experience working since age verification laws became a thing. Is that you? Email [email protected] for the link!
#WoodhullFreedomFoundation #SexEd #AgeVerification #Survey #SexEducation #SexEducators
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"Age verification (laws and regulations requiring platforms and websites to assure or estimate that a user seeking to use an online service is of a certain age) is everywhere. At the time of writing, about half the states in the US have some internet age verification law in place, and dangerous proposals, from the KIDS Act to the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), have been advancing at the federal level. European Union member states are moving toward having age verification in a centralized app by the end of this year. Australia famously now has one extremely broad restriction in place.
Most age verification laws tend to fail at their primary goal of barring kids from being online or from entering only specially designated zones, not to mention they pose a significant threat to everyone’s privacy. Some proponents of these age-based internet restrictions think they've found the silver bullet: Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs). We wrote about ZKP’s when they were first rolled out in the age verification context last year. However, more recent examples show our concerns weren’t just conjecture; ZKP-focused AV schemes are gameable, hackable, and not the cure-all some may claim."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/zkps-arent-age-verification-silver-bullets
#AgeVerification #USA #Privacy #Surveillance #ZKP #EU #SocialMedia #PoliceState #Censorship
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Zero Knowledge Proofs Aren’t #AgeVerification Silver Bullets
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/zkps-arent-age-verification-silver-bullets
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French Constitutional Council Blocks Under-15 Social Media Ban, In A Ruling That Should Concern Every Other EU Country
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This is an amazing episode of @FirewallDragons with @zackwhittaker ! 🎙️🐉
Zack Whittaker and Carey Parker talk about a lot of very interesting and very important topics in this episode. I highly recommend listening to it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjsbnMjVO9I
Also, if you don't already follow Zack's excellent weekly cybersecurity newsletter, I absolutely recommend this too: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/
#Podcast #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #SurveillanceCapitalism #MassSurveillance #Spyware #Malware
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Für die Alterskontrolle im Internet zu sein, zeigt, dass der Lobbyismus von Meta, Google etc. gewirkt hat und es keine verschwendeten 2 Milliarden Dollar waren.
Wer also argumentiert "Meta/Facebook zerstört unsere Gesellschaft" und das Vorhaben von Meta verteidigt, verteidigt Meta, will es vor wirksamer Regulierung durch die EU bewahren, ist ein Freund von Bigtech und den faschistischen Peter Thiel-Freunden, deren Firmen schon bald alle unsere Personalausweise einsammeln wollen 😊
Ich glaube, die Befürworter haben sich sicher vertan.
So blöd kann keiner sein.
P.S.: Alle Daten bei allen Firmen werden irgendwann geleakt und missbraucht
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-behind-meta-154717384.html
#ageVerification #meta #privacy #datenschutz #peterthiel #palantir #socialmediaban #uberwachung #EU #socialmedia
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Canada’s Age Verification Bill Was Always an Unconstitutional Mess
On the heels of the French court ruling, some are wondering is Canada's version is going to share the same fate. Yes.
https://www.freezenet.ca/canadas-age-verification-bill-was-always-an-unconstitutional-mess/
#Censorship #LawAndTechnology #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #BillC34 #Canada #CanadianCharterOfRightsAndFreedoms #court #France
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one of Burnham's tech policy advisors pulling a surprised Pikachu face that U16 social media bans caused an undesirable chain reaction is so hilarious
"A global movement [...] has gained momentum, winning social media bans for children in Australia, Spain, France and the UK. But what is curious is that there is now no obvious stopping point for regulation." https://www.arguably.uk/p/the-war-on-digital-harms-needs-limits
#Privacy #SocialMediaBan #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #Surveillance #Tech #Technology #TechPolicy #OnlineSafety
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This reporting is better than most.
A lot of "journalists" just report that proponents say one thing and critics say another, without bothering to find out facts. This is one step better than just "critics say"; it's saying there is cause for concern:
"Requiring age verification for social media platforms is controversial, as it raises significant privacy, data security and free-speech concerns, particularly if companies are required to collect sensitive personal information to verify users’ ages."
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French Court Rules Social Media Age Verification Infringes Privacy, Freedom of Expression
In a rare bit of good news, Frances top court ruled against age verification for it's obvious constitutional violations.
#Censorship #LawAndTechnology #News #AgeVerification #court #France #ruling #SocialMedia
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Asked to upload a photo for age verification and want to make a statement?
This classic rearranged mannequin is not likely to work - although you never know - but will make for some nice data points.
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Google just limited my 12+ year old channel with 700+ subs because it allegedly lacks "channel history", which only means they are intentionally flagging my account and forcing a prompt to make me give up all of my privacy.
They suggest verifying my legal ID.
This is how it starts.
#privacy #Google #infosec #enshittification #forcedcompliance #YouTube #ageverification
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“France's Constitutional Council on Friday, August 14, struck down the ban on social media for children under 15, a flagship policy of President Emmanuel Macron's second term, calling the measure "a disproportionate restriction" on freedom of expression.
The Council ruled that Article 1 of a law adopted in July, intended to protect minors from the risks associated with the use of social media, "constitutes a restriction that is not appropriate, necessary or proportionate" to the freedom of expression and communication of under-15s.
While recognizing the "constitutional requirement to protect the best interests of the child," the judges said that such a broad ban "could apply to online communication services for which the risks to the health and safety of minors (...) have not been established."”
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Eher: "Verfassungsrat stoppt allgemeine Ausweispflicht im Internet"
Einfach nicht auf den von Meta auf EU-Ebene durchlobbyierten BS reinfallen. Es kann so einfach sein.
Was nicht so einfach ist, ist US-amerikanische Social Media-Netzwerke und ihre Algorithmen wirksam zu regulieren.
Das artet leicht in Arbeit aus, macht Donnie wütend und beschert Meta und Konsorten nicht Zugriff auf Massen an sensiblen Daten.
Mögen Meta/Facebook und Co. überhaupt personenbezogene Daten? Ich glaub nicht, oder?
https://www.heise.de/news/Frankreich-Verfassungsrat-kippt-Social-Media-Verbot-11414905.html
#SocialMediaBan #AgeVerification #socialMedia #Datenschutz #meta #EU #privacy #uberwachung #Netzpolitik
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Young people have their say: rethink the UK social media ban.
It makes a bad situation worse. Teens are just being pushed into unregulated spaces.
A ban does nothing to actually tackle the cause of online harms coming from the business model of the platforms themselves.
That’s what we need to fix.
#socialmediaban #ageverification #bigtech #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Wieviel Zeit und Geld wird eigentlich für verfassungswidrige oder unwirksame Gesetze verschwendet?
#AgeVerification #SocialMediaVerbot #uberwachung #Netzpolitik #privacy #Datenschutz #socialMedia