Joint statement on age assurance published by @ofcom.bsky.social & @infocommission.bsky.social www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r... #OnlineSafety #OnlineHarms #eSafety #OnlineSafetyAct2023 #OSA2023 #AgeAssurance #AgeVerification #AgeEstimation

Many more US states are planning or already have operating system age verification laws We've already covered how California has a new operating system age-checking law coming into force next year - but many more US states also have plans.

Many more US states are planning or already have operating system age verification laws
#Linux #Windows #AgeAssurance

Aggiornamento sugli strumenti per sviluppatori per obblighi di verifica età.

Aggiornamenti alla Declared Age Range API ora in beta.

Per USA, Brasile, Australia, Singapore, Utah e Louisiana.

🇺🇸📱

#ageassurance #developers #api

developer.apple.com/news/?id=f5z...

Original post on mastodon.social

Discord, the online communication platform beloved of gamers and chat groups around the world, is experiencing a severe backlash over its rollout of age assurance tech.

www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/security/disco...

#discord #ageverification […]

Discord Announces Global Expansion of Teen Safety - OSTechNix Starting in March 2026, Discord is rolling out "teen-by-default" safety settings and advanced age assurance systems globally.

Starting in March 2026, Discord is rolling out "teen-by-default" safety settings and advanced age assurance systems globally.

More details here: ostechnix.com/discord-glob...

#Discord #TeenSafety #AgeAssurance #AgeInference #Socialmedia #AI #Policy

#Privacy State of the Union “Kids Online: #AgeAssurance without a Federal Playbook” Jen Chang, Assistant Chief Counsel, @WaltDisneyWorld Aubrey Stuempfle Wesser, Managing Associate GC, @Verizon Julian Corbett, CGO k-ID & Laura Riposo VanDruff, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

所以，你遇到了年龄门槛。现在怎么办？ So, You''ve Hit an Age Gate. What Now? (www.eff.org) 01:27  ↑ 124 HN Points

So, You’ve Hit an Age Gate. What Now?

www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-you...

#privacy #politics #AgeVerification #AgeAssurance #IdentityVerification #AgeGating

Original post on mastodon.thenewoil.org

#BigTech won in #Texas — but the #AgeVerification fight is just getting started

www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/big-tech...

#privacy #cybersecurity #politics #IDVerification #IdentityVerification #AgeAssurance […]

YouTube dash cam videos now blocked by age assurance requirements.

#AgeAssurance has blocked Australian dash cam videos! You can only watch near misses if you give Google your phone number and all my older accounts are now locked out pending supply of a phone number too.

#Apple pauses #AppStore changes in #Texas after court blocks #AgeAssurance law

techcrunch.com/2025/12/24/apple-pauses-...

#politics #AgeVerification #ASAA #ASA #privacy #potatosecurity

🙏Thanks to @titodemorais.bsky.social & Cristiane Miranda for another great event, their warm welcomes & placing🇵🇹as an important player on children's digital rights! It was great to see Kai Fidalgo again & learn from @johncarr1912.bsky.social as always.

#OnlineSafety #AgeAssurance #CapacityBuilding

#MobileGames #Games #Gaming #MobileGaming #DataProtection #PersonalData #UKGDPR #DPA2018 #ChildrensData #ChildrensCode #ICO #OnlineSafety #OnlineHarms #Ofcom #OnlineSafetyAct2023 #ChildrensAccessAssessment #ChildrensRiskAssessment #DataProtectionEnforcement #ChildrensRights #UNCRC #AgeAssurance

I bet #vpn usage is on the rise in #australia and every where else #ageassurance is being used.

Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has "backed away" from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure...

#ChatControl #EU #AgeVerification #AgeAssurance #DigitalPrivacy #HumanRights #CyberSecurity #OnlineSafety #ChatKontrol #Overvågning #Privatliv #Retssikkerhed #Ytringsfrihed #Danmark

"This is not a victory for privacy; it is a disaster waiting to happen."

// Patrick Breyer

Nope. Not doing #ageassurance BS. NOT giving some third party my personal information they can sell or leak. Fuck you, lawmakers to don't care about personal privacy. I wish I wasn't broke so I could donate to causes against this bullshit. Time to call my reps again. #annoyed

Germany gets closer to mandating age assurance at OS level Germany is getting closer to forcing operating system makers to include age assurance at the operating system level, proposing a one-touch kid mode.

Germany is getting closer to forcing operating system makers to include age assurance at the operating system level, proposing a one-touch kid mode. #Germany #AgeAssurance

Google doesn't want to be held responsible for OS-level age assurance Google has said it opposes OS-level age assurance measures. It said individual providers should be responsible for verifying the age of their users.

Google has said it opposes OS-level age assurance measures. It said individual providers should be responsible for verifying the age of their users. #Google #AgeAssurance

#ChatControl #EU #AgeVerification #AgeAssurance #DigitalPrivacy #HumanRights #CyberSecurity #OnlineSafety

The #Danish Council Presidency doesn't seem to understand that no means no...

www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/cha...

fightchatcontrol.eu

Big tech stops complaining, starts complying with Australia's teen social media ban Big tech stops complaining, starts complying with Australia's teen social media ban

Big tech stops complaining, starts complying with Australia's teen social media ban

www.daily-sun.com/post/839653

#BigTech #tech #SocialMedia #scams #regulation #protection #AgeAssurance #Australia

Explainer 📑 How to Ensure Design of Online Services That Is Appropriate for #Minors? 🚸

1️⃣ Prioritise a risk-based #MinorProtection approach
2️⃣ Carefully navigate #AgeAssurance complexities
3️⃣ Debunk myths around screen time & mental health

➡️ buff.ly/eVeERik

Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. - bluesky-osa.md

If you don’t want to deal with BlueSky’s age verification stuff:

gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e2...

#ageverification #ageassurance

Australia's social media ban… A looming implementation disaster Australia’s world-first ban on social media for children under 16 takes effect in just over a month on December 10, 2025, yet nobody knows exactly how it will work. The Online Safety Amendment (Social...

pleased to advise that I have completed another rant about the #socialmedia #ageassurance shit in #australia

hey.paris/posts/ageass...

#auspol

Smiling 1960s era woman speaking into a vintage, corded land-line phone: "Yes, that's correct. And the horse you rode in on."

Nanny state coersion tactics for #AgeAssurance compliance via access to one's location data? This Gen-X OG has some choice words, believe it.

has anyone compiled a list of features that aren't accessible without age verification?

I'm wondering if it prevents your posts from showing up in hashtags (and also testing)

#AgeAssurance #AgeVerification #Ohio

Age Assurance Technologies and Online Safety

💻 Children are facing unprecedented exposure to harmful content online

💡 In a new CETaS Briefing Paper, Sam Stockwell & Rosamund Powell explore how the 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸, 🇪🇺 & 🇦🇺 are using #AgeAssurance tech to tackle this problem, unpacking limits & lessons.

http://bit.ly/4765PDQ

#ChatControl #EU #AgeVerification #AgeAssurance #DigitalPrivacy #HumanRights #CyberSecurity #OnlineSafety

#EU #ChatControl #AgeVerification #AgeAssurance #DigitalPrivacy #HumanRights #PotatoSecurity #OnlineSafety