Digital checkpoints will crop up all over the Internet after UK MPs backed new powers to expand age verification.

[bob@epicyon.libreserver.org]

@openrightsgroup I am obviously not going to be flashing any credentials at an "online checkpoint", and so a social media ban for teenagers will also be a social media ban for me, despite being considerably older.

However, I doubt that they will practically be able to ban more decentralised protocols, such as ActivityPub, where there are no single chokepoints.

[alisonw@fedimon.uk]

@openrightsgroup

What children do or do not do is the responsibility of the parents, not the state. Trying to enforce this will be a massive invasion of privacy for all adults.

[h4heights@mstdn.social]

@openrightsgroup These unregulated providers… Palatir in that number per chance? Or perhaps their old chums Crapita et al?

[kruku@mastodon.bida.im]

@AlisonW @openrightsgroup
Under UK law a parent that does not exercise their authority over their children can be held accountable for a child's crimes.

[openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org]

@H4Heights Palantir’s Peter Thiel is a major investor in Persona – the age verification provider used by major platforms including Reddit and Discord.

Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

Following global pushes for age assurance by governments, Persona is increasingly being used by major online platforms to carry out biometric age checks.

Open Rights Group (www.openrightsgroup.org)

[h4heights@mstdn.social]

@openrightsgroup {Heavy sigh}
WTF is wrong with these wankers in government (of all hues) that they keep cosying up to the worst people? Is venality a prerequisite for becoming a cabinet member?

[terribletowelie@mastodon.social]

@openrightsgroup kids have parents, they government has no place controlling every aspect of life, who the fuck are these strangers who think the get to tell other adults and their kids they don't even know what the fuck they can do
totally fuck people like this who can't mind their fucking business

[angelascholder@mastodon.energy]

@openrightsgroup The whole idea of under 16 bans with adding ID and age verification is just utter insanity with our governments!

[angelascholder@mastodon.energy]

@openrightsgroup @H4Heights Utterly unacceptable companies to hand over our personal data to?

[jacketpotato@mastodon.me.uk]

@openrightsgroup Not to mention that (as any school’s IT admin will tell you) teenagers are very good at bypassing restrictions.