#AgeVerification: what's the harm?
In which I distill a lot of casual pub chats I've had with friends into a layperson's guide to the #OnlineSafetyAct. What it is, the problems it causes, and why you should definitely care.
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Age verification has hit the UK, people need to upload ID to see 'adult' content. What's the harm in laws like this, if they protect children? Let's see.Girl on the net (Girl on the Net)
The UK Online Safety Act has erected an age wall through the Internet 🚧
UK users are forced to accept censorship or hand over sensitive data to unregulated providers.
The government’s response? You’re a predator 🤨
Enough. Tell your MP to fix it now ⬇️
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#OnlineSafetyAct #OnlineSafety #privacy #OSA #ageverification #agegate #ukpolitics #ukpol #censorship #spotify #reddit
What's the problem? The Online Safety Act has been a disaster. Rather than protect children, millions of adults are facing widespread censorship, and teenagers are having their freedom of expression restricted.Open Rights Group
I'm your (not so) private dancer 🔞
Spotify users in the UK have to verify their age to listen to Parental Advisory music due to the Online Safety Act.
We're being infantalised for something that's already manageable by parental controls.
It could even end up in accounts being deactivated 🤯
Bad law makes for bad, incoherent outcomes. That's the #OSA for you.
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#OnlineSafetyAct #ageverification #agegate #ukpol #ukpolitics #spotify #privacy #onlinesafety #censorship
Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
Age verification is creating an information desert.
The Online Safety Act sets every UK user to child as default.
Teenagers? Blocked. Adults? Content denied unless we do age checks with unregulated companies.
It's not just porn! News on Gaza and Ukraine is being scrubbed from view, threatening #freedomofexpression as well as #privacy ⛔
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#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #palestine #gaza #ukraine #reddit #ageverification #ageassurance #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol
“If visibility of r/IsraelCrimes is being restricted under the Online Safety Act, it’s only because the state fears accountability,” moderators say.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
