#socialmediaban

What this server has with the tag: posts by people here, and posts from elsewhere that reached it. There's more of it on social.openrightsgroup.org.

Open Rights Group@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

In reply to a post

There are better ways to deal with online harms in the UK.

This includes tackling the business models that prioritise harmful content to generate sustained engagement and therefore ad revenue.

The privacy risks of age verification run by unregulated providers is too great.

Sign our petition if you agree ⤵️

action.openrightsgroup.org/say

Open Rights GroupSay No to ID for online accessProtect people. Regulate powerful platforms. Keep the internet open. The Government is planning to introduce tough new laws that require all adults to show ID to access to go online. They say this is to keep under 16s off social media. However evidence from Australia shows age gates don't keep chil…
Open Rights Group@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

You get an ID check. And you get an ID check. And you...

Ofcom has announced a list of age verification methods to be used to enforce the UK's under-16s social media ban.

The only way to prove you're not under 16 is to prove you're older.

That's millions of adults having to hand over sensitive data.

techradar.com/computing/social

TechRadarOfcom reveals age-check methods for UK social media ban — facial scans and photo ID spark privacy pushback as 40% of teens plan workaroundsUnder-16s won't be allowed on social media platforms from some point next year, and here's how Ofcom says it could happen.