Netherlands and Spain ask the EU to set one minimum age for social media
The Hague and Madrid ask the Commission for one EU minimum age for social media, privacy-friendly age checks and EU enforcement ahead of von der Leyen's plan.

Netherlands and Spain ask the EU to set one minimum age for social media
The Hague and Madrid ask the Commission for one EU minimum age for social media, privacy-friendly age checks and EU enforcement ahead of von der Leyen's plan.
Under #BillC34, the so-called "Safe Social Media Act," online platforms could require much + invasive age verification or estimation to prove you're 16+ in 🇨🇦 🦝
We don’t have to accept #ageverification on every online platform we use!
👉 Message your MP to fix Bill C 34: openmedia.org/BillC34-bsky
Governor Newsom has signed a large package of child-safety bills. Most of it concerns schools, student data, and general-audience social media.
#myadultattorney #adultwebsite #websitecompliance #ageverification #complianceaudit #contentmoderation #AI #artificialintelligence #contentcreators
Australia doubles the fine for under-16 accounts on social media to A$99 million
Australia doubled the penalty for breaching its under-16 social media ban to A$99m and let the regulator demand records from app stores and age-check firms.
For the second time a Republican congressman has introduced legislation to bar U.S. courts from helping to enforce foreign laws restricting speech.
#myadultattorney #xbiz #adultwebsite #firstamendment #ageverification #GRANITEAct #freespeech
🚨URGENT WARNING!!⚠️
#Microsoft has recently joined forces with #Apple and #Google by adding an article about age signals for #Windows apps using mandatory, "privacy-preserving" Age APIs. #NoAgeSignals #StopOSSpies #AgeVerification #DigitalFreedom #Privacy #DigitalRights
California bans social media's endless feed for under-16s
California signed 13 child safety bills. AB 1709 bans algorithmic feeds and autoplay for under-16s outright, and the age signal moves into the device.
Eine Altersprüfung für alle Windows-Apps – und das ohne Geburtsdatum | Developer https://www.heise.de/news/Eine-Alterspruefung-fuer-alle-Windows-Apps-und-das-ohne-Geburtsdatum-11446083.html #Microsoft #Windows :windows: #MicrosoftWindows :windows: #AgeVerification
Absolutely. In the last decade nation states have joined the dark web and corporations were not prepared. To expect that a universal age verification system would not get targeted, stolen, and sold is either ignorance or complicity.
Britain moves the nude-photo check into the phone itself
The UK will legislate device-level nudity blocking: on by default, covering the camera and third-party apps, with age assurance the only way out.
#Microslop adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults
which is basically #ageverification
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-age-awareness-apis-that-can-tell-if-users-are-children-teens-or-adults/
#Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults
Part of the reason why age verification is being promoted is to control what young people see and think to suppress civil unrest. The billionaires are threatened by young people rising up. #ageverification #communism #socialism
Microsoft is adding new age-awareness APIs to Windows 11 that will allow apps to determine whether someone is a child, teenager, or adult without exposing their exact date of birth
The Windows 11 Age API lets apps check a user's age bracket without exposing their birthday, meeting new age verification laws like California's.
#Windows11 #Microsoft #AgeVerification #Privacy #AgeAPI #DigitalSafety #TechNews
Q: "Did Fairphone have country-based pricing?"
Reddit blocked it.
Guess I won't be using Reddit any more.
Should we be gating entire sections of the Internet from children looking for answers when they will find a way around any block? Do we want them going to LLMs first?
Linux is exempt from age verification requirement of California users as long as it is distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses
www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/...
#Linux #OS #AgeVerification #GPL #BSD #MIT #Apache
Windows gets built-in age verification & stronger parental controls via new Microsoft account age signals. #Windows #FamilySafety #AgeVerification #ParentalControls #Privacy #Microsoft thedailytechfeed.com/microsoft-bo...