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Start banning their services for a longer and longer every time it happens cutting them from sweet profit and I'm pretty sure they will find then very efficient ways to moderate content and budget to do so (their are most wealth companies in the world).
Until then they will have little interest in true solution and try to push the cost away to society (use public instead of own money)...
For the record, I am positively fuming over the new #AgeVerification laws being introduced in France.
How convenient that this way Big Tech behemoths like Meta, X and TikTok won't have to change a thing. (Don't get me started about Grok, which should have been banned MONTHS ago).
AGE isn't the problem. It's the TOXIC, PREDATORY, EXTRACTIVE nature of these platforms that is the real issue.
They are getting away scot-free. I hate it. All I can do is speak up with those around me 🫤
The scariest thing about new #AgeVerification laws being introduced in Europe (France, I was expecting more from you) is to see the positive reactions of my family members, who have fallen hook, line and sinker for the arguments discussed in the media. "It's to protect the children!" No it isn't.
I'm sending this superb article by the @eff to all of them:
🔗: eff.org/issues/age-verificatio…
Now is the time to #resist and speak up and educate those around us ✊ #privacy
Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub
Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “age estimation” methods—before granting them access …Electronic Frontier Foundation
If you have been wondering about the effectiveness of the social media ban of under 15 year olds, this study got you :)
Spoiler: 92%+ of kids age 14-15 in #Australia still use it 🥳
Meanwhile IMO forced verification of users had a much better success rate 😉
Source:
nber.org/system/files/working_…
#Privacy #ageverification #IDverification #Study #Data #Science #Survey #Tech #SocialMedia #Technology #Internet #Censorship #Authoritarianism #MassSurveillance #Surveillance
However you look at it, #ageverification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.
We've seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance.
What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the world are adopting it and how it's happening in 20+ countries in parallel.
It's like they're all in a group chat, fast-tracking this before resistance can even form.
france24.com/en/france/2026072…
'Major step forward': French lawmakers approve social media ban for children under 15
France's parliament on Tuesday approved a social media ban for children under 15. President Emmanuel Macron immediately hailed the "major step forward", saying in a video posted on social media that "France is leading the way in Europe when it comes …FRANCE 24
With the threat of looming #ageverification for, basically, using the internet, I've started buying media and cancelling subscription services. You are, and I cannot stress this enough, *out of you tree* if you think I'm going to pay for music with my biometrics. Happy to pay for it with money, though! Can recommend Qobuz to anyone with similar priorities.
Also, what makes internet services with autoplay different from.. radio and TV? Why is autoplay online so dangerous that we "need" IDs?
🐍 Not shocked by #Meta or the kind of people they put in charge of their “digital experiences for kids”¹.
Exactly the kind of person to entrust with social media #ageverification (calls, live videos, photographs etc.).
I mean they already love scanning messages for child sexual abuse material via #ChatControl².
☑️ Entrust children's data to the people literally caught exploiting them, all under the banner of protecting kids?
¹ cybernews.com/cybercrime/meta-…
² techspot.com/news/113062-eu-re…
The EU just revived a law that lets Meta and Google scan your messages – critics call it mass surveillance
Europe's Parliament voted on Thursday to reinstate legislation that allows companies such as Google, Meta, and other digital communication providers to voluntarily scan messages, emails, photos, and...Daniel Sims (TechSpot)
#SupremeCourt allows #Texas to require #AgeVerification for mobile apps
European institutions seem to be all in when it comes to introducing age verification mandates for citizens in member states: digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/…
I now have daily anxiety thinking about the future of the fediverse.
So how do I channel this fear and turn it into something constructive? I'm going back to writing #selfhosting guides for newbies.
It's a great distraction, which gives me a bit of hope. Especially the next guide, which will cover my favorite fediverse software - #GoToSocial (which is powering this instance) - and how to install and configure it. Your own little home on the fediverse! Lightweight and features-packed.
Surely something like this would fall outside the scope of regulation. Right? Right?
#MySoCalledSudoLife #YunoHost #VPS #AgeVerification #privacy #EUBigTech
Commission sets out a common approach for EU-wide Age Verification technologies
The Commission has adopted a recommendation that paves the way for everyone in the EU to have access to age verification tools based on anonymous proof-of-age technologies, ensuring the highest possible standards for privacy and data protection.Shaping Europe’s digital future
