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Apple adds age verification in the UK with iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 Unverified accounts - or those belonging to people under 18 - will get automatic restriction to what sites they can access and what apps they can download.

Apple is now bending to UK rules on age gating. This needs to stop.
www.gsmarena.com/apple_adds_a...

#agegating #ageassessment #agelaws #vulnerabuility #stopageverification

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Original post on mindly.social

Well, we don't decide what the customers decide to ship, or where it goes. We don't enforce policy like that; our job is just to provide a neutral platform for others to use to accomplish their goals. We don't even know what they ship - we just build the train cars. We don't even know where […]

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Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control When Rep. Leigh Finke spoke last month before the Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee to testify against HF1434, a broad-sweeping proposal to age-gate the internet,…

Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control #Technology #SocialandEthicalImplications #AgeGating #DigitalRights #TechnologyDebate

www.techdirt.com/2026/03/20/rep-finke-was...

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It's striking that, despite generally avoiding formal action to counter core violations of #dataprotection, this fine pivots around an alleged failure of #agegating since this matter is generally seen as under @ofcom.bsky.social's
#OnlineSafetyAct's child protection jurisdiction 2/2

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Although currently misfiled in the Information Commissioner's Office database as an enforcement notice, the ICO's £14.5M UK #GDPR fine against Reddit regarding an alleged failure of #agegating is now out: ico.org.uk/action-weve-... 1/2

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Ageless Linux — Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age

Ageless Linux

An interesting response to unworkable, ill-advised and ultimately pointless age gatingfor OS providers.

Everyone will eventually be taught to lie about their age. Everyone will have a birthday on the 1st January 1970.

https://agelesslinux.org/

#Linux #AgeGating #Protest

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We Tested 10 Best Discord Alternatives (That Don't Require Age Verfification) in 2026 Looking for apps like Discord? Here are the 10 best Discord alternatives (free and paid) with features like encryption, file sharing, etc.

beebom.com/best-discord...

We Tested 10 Best Discord Alternatives (That Don’t Require Age Verfification) in 2026

#discord #agegating #ageverification #alternatives #twitch #youtube #free #freemium #beebom

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Original post on dair-community.social

14 year old Max has the right diagnosis (designed to maximise engagement), politicians have wrong solution (bans which require everyone to be policed on the internet). The problem is the business model so politicians need to regulate *that*.
#SocialMedia #AgeGating #OverPolicing […]

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Original post on danq.me

With news that the #UK is considering #ageGating #VPNs, here's your periodic reminder that you don't need to pay a #VPN service (and potentially have to do an age-check, in future) to have a VPN.

For the last ten years, I've just been spinning up cheap VMs running #WireGuard on cloud providers […]

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Flooding the zone is once again the preferred tactic of choice for pushing abusive legislation in #Portugal

Not as egregious as 100+ changes to labor laws, but PSD still couldn't resist sneaking in #ChatControl together with #AgeGating whatever online platforms the state wants to surveil.

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French lawmakers vote to ban #SocialMedia use by under-15s

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/france...

#France #SocialMediaBan #privacy #AgeVerification #AgeGating #IdentityVerification

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Indian states weigh #Australia-style ban on #SocialMedia for children

techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/indian-states...

#India #politics #SocialMediaBan #privacy #AgeGating #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

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OpenAI rolls out age prediction model on ChatGPT to detect your age OpenAI is rolling out an age prediction model on ChatGPT to detect your age and apply possible safety-related restrictions to prevent misuse by teens.

#OpenAI rolls out age prediction model on #ChatGPT to detect your age

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intellig...

#privacy #AgeGating #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

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Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under #Australia’s New #SocialMediaBan

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/austral...

#SocialMedia #privacy #AgeVerification #AgeGating #IdentityVerificatio #politics

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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

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Original post on eupolicy.social

"#Pornhub said the number of #UK visitors to its website was down 77 per cent compared with July, when more rigorous age checks for sexually explicit sites were introduced under the #OnlineSafetyAct, the BBC reports."

That's about the number of people who know how to use a VPN service 🤫 […]

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I may be wrong, but I think ‘Big Tech’ loses this one.

Big Tech sues Texas, says age-verification law is “broad censorship regime”
#Tech #Agegating
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/big-...

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I may be wrong, but I think ‘Big Tech’ loses this one.

Big Tech sues Texas, says age-verification law is “broad censorship regime”
#Tech #Agegating
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

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Has anybody checked if Ursula von der Leyen's children and grandchildren are on social media?

#AgeGating #AgeVerification #SocialMediaBan

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YouTube to gauge US users’ ages with AI after UK and Australia add age checks Tech company says it will use machine learning to estimate ages in order to show users in US age-appropriate content

In the #US #Youtube is #AgeGating and #Censoring #People's #Accounts and worse, by using #AI. Even though theres no #law here at the moment for this, this is starting #August 13th 2025. For more #info you can read the link below and also google
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Steam Faces Financial Obliteration: Others Are Already Dead
Steam Faces Financial Obliteration: Others Are Already Dead YouTube video by Bellular News

@bellular.bsky.social | Bellular News: "Steam Faces Financial Obliteration: Others Are Already Dead" | #GamingNews #Gaming #News #AgeGating #Verification
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlDk...

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Understand the difference. Protect your business.

#IDMERIT #IdentityVerification #DigitalIdentity #KYC #AML #KYT #KYB #AgeGating #AgeVerification #FraudPrevention #BusinessVerification

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🔐 Age Verification vs. Age Gating – Know the Vital Distinction

#Agegating may restrict access, but it doesn’t verify who’s behind the screen. That’s where IDMERIT’s #identityverification solutions come in—ensuring accurate age validation, regulatory compliance, and safer user experiences.

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The #SupremeCourt upheld a #Texas law requiring #ageverification to access #adultwebsites, ruling that the #FirstAmendment does not protect adults’ access to obscene content without age verification: The decision opens the door to #agegating in states nationwide and could impact #onlineprivacy and…

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