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  3. The UK government is playing whack-a-mole with online safety.

The UK government is playing whack-a-mole with online safety.

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  • Open Rights GroupO This user is from outside of this forum
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    The UK government is playing whack-a-mole with online safety.

    Plans to further age-gate the Internet dodges the real issue – the power of Big Tech.

    Failing to regulate AI and the age verification industry puts the rights of users in peril.

    Read our response ⬇️

    https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-harms-millions-could-be-forced-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/

    #ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

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      We have no choice, no voice over a privacy intrusive system that's being embedded into everyday Internet use.

      It's the platforms that decide on the age verificationprovider.

      Users are unaware of the investors behind these companies or the links to wider surveillance, online advertising and intelligence networks.

      #ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

      Open Rights GroupO This user is from outside of this forum
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      An amendment to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill would give UK Ministers the power to enact a social media ban on under-16s.

      This would bypass Parliament and any democratic oversight on a measure that could only work by having everyone prove their age.

      Our rights cannot be an afterthought.

      #ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

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      • Open Rights GroupO Open Rights Group

        The UK government risks creating a new layer of digital infrastructure that concentrates power over identity, biometrics and access to public life in the hands of private companies.

        Age gating VPNs, AI Chat bots, or features like infinitive scrolling would expand the reach of age verification.

        #ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #vpn #socialmedia

        Open Rights GroupO This user is from outside of this forum
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        We have no choice, no voice over a privacy intrusive system that's being embedded into everyday Internet use.

        It's the platforms that decide on the age verificationprovider.

        Users are unaware of the investors behind these companies or the links to wider surveillance, online advertising and intelligence networks.

        #ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

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        • Open Rights GroupO Open Rights Group

          The UK government is playing whack-a-mole with online safety.

          Plans to further age-gate the Internet dodges the real issue – the power of Big Tech.

          Failing to regulate AI and the age verification industry puts the rights of users in peril.

          Read our response ⬇️

          https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-harms-millions-could-be-forced-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/

          #ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

          Open Rights GroupO This user is from outside of this forum
          Open Rights GroupO This user is from outside of this forum
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          The UK government risks creating a new layer of digital infrastructure that concentrates power over identity, biometrics and access to public life in the hands of private companies.

          Age gating VPNs, AI Chat bots, or features like infinitive scrolling would expand the reach of age verification.

          #ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #vpn #socialmedia

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          • Open Rights GroupO Open Rights Group

            An amendment to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill would give UK Ministers the power to enact a social media ban on under-16s.

            This would bypass Parliament and any democratic oversight on a measure that could only work by having everyone prove their age.

            Our rights cannot be an afterthought.

            #ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

            Open Rights GroupO This user is from outside of this forum
            Open Rights GroupO This user is from outside of this forum
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            ORG calls on the UK government, ICO and Ofcom to establish compulsory privacy and security standards for age verification providers.

            This is critical to protect users’ sensitive data as this unregulated industry grows more powerful with each attempt to treat the symptom, not the cause of online harms.

            #ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

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