Age Verification isn't a technical problem to solve. If you think that, you're missing the point.

It's a social problem used by authoritarian governments as an excuse for population control and censorship.

It's a fundamental attack on free speech and democracy.

It must not be accommodated.
It must be stopped.

#MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights

Age Verification isn't a technical problem to solve. If you think that, you're missing the point.

It's a social problem used by authoritarian governments as an excuse for population control and censorship.

It's a fundamental attack on free speech and democracy.

It must not be accommodated.
It must be stopped.

#MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights

Do not comply.

Do not share your ID or biometric data with abusive platforms requesting it. You have a choice to say no, complain, and leave.

This is an important act of resistance for the future of humanity.

This isn't just about privacy, this is also about safety, diversity, democracy, and human rights.

#Privacy #MassSurveillance #HumanRights #Fascism #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

Anyone who is about to complete, or already has completed, an age-verification or identity-verification process online should read this short article.

Especially if it's on LinkedIn or Discord.

"I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over." by rogi
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

#Privacy #LinkedIn #Discord #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification #MassSurveillance

https://cybernews.com/security/global-data-leak-exposes-billion-records/

Speaking of ID verification companies being shady, #IDMerit, a global AI-based identity verification and "Know Your Customer" (KYC) solutions provider, left a terabyte of user data and biometrics on the open web. The breach exposed approximately 1 billion to 3 billion personal records across 26 countries, making it a significant event for data privacy in the financial and fintech.

Call me Cassandra. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦‍♀️ #infosec #datasec #ageverification #surveillance

Anyone who is about to complete, or already has completed, an age-verification or identity-verification process online should read this short article.

Especially if it's on LinkedIn or Discord.

"I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over." by rogi
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

#Privacy #LinkedIn #Discord #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification #MassSurveillance

Anyone who is about to complete, or already has completed, an age-verification or identity-verification process online should read this short article.

Especially if it's on LinkedIn or Discord.

"I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over." by rogi
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

#Privacy #LinkedIn #Discord #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification #MassSurveillance

Do not comply.

Do not share your ID or biometric data with abusive platforms requesting it. You have a choice to say no, complain, and leave.

This is an important act of resistance for the future of humanity.

This isn't just about privacy, this is also about safety, diversity, democracy, and human rights.

#Privacy #MassSurveillance #HumanRights #Fascism #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

If every country starts requiring that people provide official ID in order to "verify their age" to use social media, there will be no way to use any social media without associating the account with a legal identity.

This is horrible for democracy,
and should terrify everyone.

It doesn't matter if platforms use third-parties or not. It doesn't matter if they use some special encrypted code, the result is the same. This gatekeeps open discussions and government criticisms free from reprisals.

This is bad.
This is China "free-speech" bad.

#Democracy #AgeVerification #Privacy

"Parents' rights"
"Age verification"
"School choice"

There is a theme here. Capitalism requires the control of reproduction, but the people want something different. Purpose. Dignity. Freedom. Safety. To sustain itself, the state launders its goals through those desires. It says, "The internet isn't a dangerous place due to systemic drives to exploit children. It's a dangerous place due to a lack of surveillance data." (1/3)

#AgeVerification #USPolitics #Childism #Patriarchy

"Parents' rights"
"Age verification"
"School choice"

There is a theme here. Capitalism requires the control of reproduction, but the people want something different. Purpose. Dignity. Freedom. Safety. To sustain itself, the state launders its goals through those desires. It says, "The internet isn't a dangerous place due to systemic drives to exploit children. It's a dangerous place due to a lack of surveillance data." (1/3)

#AgeVerification #USPolitics #Childism #Patriarchy

The approach to online safety is flawed.

We need a rights-based approach that challenges the dominance of Big Tech, not one that embeds permanent monitoring by requiring ID to access information and services.

Tell your MP to fix the UK Online Safety Act ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #bigtech #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol