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#ageverification

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Paul Chambers🚧

Ohio lawmakers to take second crack at online age verification

Ohio lawmakers will try again to pass age verification provisions regulating technology companies, this time targeting application stores rather than individual apps.
#Ohio #Tech #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #Safety #OnlineSafetyAct

statenews.org/government-polit

🔗 ohiohouse.gov/legislation/136/

:pdf: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/ap

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Electronic Frontiers Australia

A U.S. judge has overturned an Arkansas law that required #ageverification from all users for online safety citing restrictions on protected speech.

The law "was so vague it was unclear which social networks the law would cover". Sound familiar? The Online Safety Amendment in Australia is quite vague too, potentially applying to any service that allows communication between users. The Australian Communications Minister proposed a "sweetheart deal" for YouTube exempting it from the rules (perhaps YouTube and Google already know enough about their users...)

What impact will such legislation have on the Fediverse? EFA would like to see a broad exemption for digital communities that are not profit-based to avoid any chilling effects on Australian communities and operators, among other exemptions and wider concerns with regards to the legislation.

Australia does not have protected speech like the U.S. does, but we can draw on experiences from other countries and pay attention to both safety and human rights concerns.

gizmodo.com/arkansas-judge-kil

Gizmodo · Arkansas Judge Kills Social Media Age Verification Law, Says It Violates the First Amendment“Arkansas takes a hatchet to adults’ and minors’ protected speech alike though the Constitution demands it use a scalpel,” the judge said.
#privacy#esafety#electronicfrontiersaustralia
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AndrewR

A bit of sanity from the U.S.: a federal court ruled in the NetChoice v. Griffin case that a particular implementation of #ageverification is unconstitutional because it restricts protected speech of adults online by requiring ID and blocks those who don't provide it.

engadget.com/social-media/arka

Engadget · Arkansas social media age verification law blocked by federal JudgeBy Karissa Bell
#privacy#socialmedia#netchoice
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Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )

From: blenderdumbass . org

I shall complain a little bit on a stance from EFF and how I think they should be pushing harder. Not so long ago Australia decided to ban any platform where users can upload things, to anybody who is younger than 16 years. This is an ageist, paternalistic atrocity and has to be fought with viciousness. Yet EFF seem to only understand the ...

Read or listen: blenderdumbass.org/articles/ef

blenderdumbass . orgEFF Is Not Opposing Age Verification Hard Enough
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#EFF#Australia#Ageism
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Konstantin Macher

#Germany #coalition treaty notable interim-results of the "#digital" sub-group, dated 19.03.2025

* AI buzz, e.g. cloud-based, AI-driven public administration
* "End-To-End-Digitalisation" 🤡
* Mandatory #eID
* Mandatory #AgeVerification for social media
* 'Innovation-friendly' and 'less bureaucratic' revision of #AIAct
* Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information to become Federal Commissioner for Data Usage 🤡
* 'Innovation-friendly' revision of #GDPR
* Digital ministry

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Age verification laws do far more than ‘protect children online’—they require the creation of a system that collects vast amounts of personal information from everyone. Instead of making the internet safer for children, these laws force all users—regardless of age—to verify their identity just to access basic content or products. This isn't a mistake; it's a deliberate strategy. As one sponsor of age verification bills in Alabama admitted, "I knew the tough nut to crack that social media would be, so I said, ‘Take first one bite at it through pornography, and the next session, once that got passed, then go and work on the social media issue.’” In other words, they recognized that targeting porn would be an easier way to introduce these age verification systems, knowing it would be more emotionally charged and easier to pass. This is just the beginning of a broader surveillance system disguised as a safety measure.

This alarming trend is already clear, with the growing creep of age verification bills filed in the first month of the 2025-2026 state legislative session. Consider these three bills:"

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/firs

Electronic Frontier Foundation · First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of ControlI’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the transgender”). We have long cautioned about the dangers of these laws, and pointed out why they are likely to...
#USA#AgeVerification#Surveillance
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PrivacyDigest

First #Porn , Now #SkinCream ? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control

What started as a misguided attempt to protect minors from "explicit" content online has spiraled into a tangled mess of privacy-invasive #surveillance schemes affecting #skincare products, #dating apps, and even diet pills, threatening everyone’s right to #privacy.
#ageverification

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/firs

Electronic Frontier Foundation · First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of ControlI’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the transgender”). We have long cautioned about the dangers of these laws, and pointed out why they are likely to...
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PrivacyDigest

#Utah Passes First US App Store #AgeVerification Law - Slashdot

The App Store #AccountabilityAct adds to a wave of children's online safety bills advancing through state legislatures nationwide. Similar legislation has faced legal challenges, with many being blocked in courts. A comparable federal bill failed last year amid free expression concerns.
#privacy #security

news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/

news.slashdot.orgUtah Passes First US App Store Age Verification Law - SlashdotUtah has become the first U.S. state to pass legislation requiring app store operators to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors downloading apps. The App Store Accountability Act adds to a wave of children's online safety bills advancing through state legislatures nationwide. S...
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