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BREAKING The UK Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom are pushing for tech companies to strengthen age checks.
It's disastrous that the ICO wants to somehow 'protect children’s data' by compelling 13-18 year olds to use poorly regulated digital identification products that could put their biometric data at risk.
Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online
The regulators accused tech platforms of ‘failing to put children’s safety at the heart of their products’
The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
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BREAKING
The UK Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom are pushing for tech companies to strengthen age checks.
It's disastrous that the ICO wants to somehow 'protect children’s data' by compelling 13-18 year olds to use poorly regulated digital identification products that could put their biometric data at risk.
Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online
The regulators accused tech platforms of ‘failing to put children’s safety at the heart of their products’
The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
"We need strong regulation of the age verification industry so that Internet users' privacy and security is better protected. Until we have that, the ICO should stop pushing digital identification.”
️ James Baker for ORG.Read more about our open letter
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ORG calls for age assurance industry to be regulated
Open Rights Group has warned of serious privacy and security risks for people in the UK as online platforms start to ask users to verify their age, as required by the Online Safety Act.
Open Rights Group (www.openrightsgroup.org)
#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
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BREAKING
The UK Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom are pushing for tech companies to strengthen age checks.
It's disastrous that the ICO wants to somehow 'protect children’s data' by compelling 13-18 year olds to use poorly regulated digital identification products that could put their biometric data at risk.
Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online
The regulators accused tech platforms of ‘failing to put children’s safety at the heart of their products’
The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
@openrightsgroup
every time you post an alarmist response to proposed legislation you are admitting to having failed in your 20 year mission to protect digital rights in the uk.
You should be ahead of this, it shouldn’t get to this point.
You didn’t start last week.
If you can’t nip these things early what exactly is the money used for? -
BREAKING
The UK Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom are pushing for tech companies to strengthen age checks.
It's disastrous that the ICO wants to somehow 'protect children’s data' by compelling 13-18 year olds to use poorly regulated digital identification products that could put their biometric data at risk.
Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online
The regulators accused tech platforms of ‘failing to put children’s safety at the heart of their products’
The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
@openrightsgroup Yes protect kids online FROM age checks.
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@openrightsgroup
every time you post an alarmist response to proposed legislation you are admitting to having failed in your 20 year mission to protect digital rights in the uk.
You should be ahead of this, it shouldn’t get to this point.
You didn’t start last week.
If you can’t nip these things early what exactly is the money used for?It's easy to find reasons not to do something, or to smear the overused "protect the kids" justification.
But there are very real online harms, to people of all ages and society as a whole. The public demand for action is growing.
So, we need solutions. And without groups like Open Rights offering them, governments will naturally look to techbros.
As a former boss used to say, "if you don't come with a better solution, you're just complaining".
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BREAKING
The UK Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom are pushing for tech companies to strengthen age checks.
It's disastrous that the ICO wants to somehow 'protect children’s data' by compelling 13-18 year olds to use poorly regulated digital identification products that could put their biometric data at risk.
Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online
The regulators accused tech platforms of ‘failing to put children’s safety at the heart of their products’
The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
Reminder:
Tech oligarchs consider children as saleable items.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/21/peter-thiel-support-donald-trump-date-rape-bookVC Peter Thiel and Zenefits CEO David Sacks apologize for writing a book that downplayed rape
Back in their Stanford days they wrote a book called "The Diversity Myth" that is causing these two Valley icons some embarrassment today.
Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)
Meet David Sacks, member of the 'PayPal Mafia' and Trump crypto czar
From his days at Stanford and PayPal with the likes of Elon Musk, David Sacks is another Silicon Valley conservative in Trump's new orbit.
Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)
Does anyone want creepy men like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and David Sacks to have ready access to lists of children?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/28/elon-musk-jeffrey-epstein-files/
Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein Had a Yearslong Relationship
Emails from the Jeffrey Epstein files show the late pedophile trying to connect far-right tech mogul Peter Thiel and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak on at least six separate occasions.
(jacobin.com)
Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick face new scrutiny over Epstein ties
New files suggest the men had more extensive contact with Epstein than previously known.
Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
Latest Epstein files release rattles Silicon Valley
The latest release of Epstein files from the Justice Department indicates that the late sex offender had wider and deeper ties in tech than previously known.
NBC News (www.nbcnews.com)
Elon Musk expressed interest in visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island, newly released emails show
Musk has denied numerous times that he ever visited the island and has said that he “refused” invitations.
NBC News (www.nbcnews.com)
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