“We could be forced to hand over personal data as part of a digital ID age check to access parts of the Internet and anyone under 18 could be completely banned from other platforms – all at a ministers’ discretion."

[openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org]

“We could be forced to hand over personal data as part of a digital ID age check to access parts of the Internet and anyone under 18 could be completely banned from other platforms – all at a ministers’ discretion."

“We urge parliamentarians to think twice about giving current and future ministers such vast, far-reaching and changeable powers” when the UK Children’s Bill returns to the Lords today.

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/13-year-olds-could-be-compelled-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/

#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #childrensbill #ukpolitics #ukpol

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@openrightsgroup This will allow the government, tech bros, advertisers to follow kids through childhood into adulthood. This does not have a good ending.

[oldfartrant@mstdn.ca]

@openrightsgroup rather than spreading childrens age and location around the internet it would be far better to outlaw sites that are designed to be addictive and do harm like Facebook, X, YouTube et al.