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   Open Rights Group (openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Apr-2026 22:40:50 JST Open Rights Group

   Papers, please!

   Digital ID age checks have taken another lunge forward. UK MPs have agreed to new powers to expand age verification across online platforms.

   More and more everyday web services will be locked behind digital checkpoints, despite the serious privacy and security risks of this system.

   Read more ⬇️

   https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/papers-please-mps-back-mass-online-digital-id-checkpoints/

   #ageverification #digitalid #socialmedia #socialmediaban #freedomofexpression #childrensbill #privacy #ukpoltics #ukpol

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     Open Rights Group (openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Apr-2026 22:40:46 JST Open Rights Group

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     The problem of online harms lies with the underlying business models of social media platforms.

     Digital ID age checks do nothing to change that.

     We need to disrupt the advertising-driven business models built on surveillance, profiling and maximising engagement.

     Sign our petition #BreakBigTech ⬇️

     https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech

     #ageverification #digitalid #socialmedia #socialmediaban #freedomofexpression #childrensbill #privacy #ukpoltics #ukpol

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     The UK Parliament continues to pursue an approach to online safety that doesn't work.

     The Australian under-16 social media ban has failed to make any difference and people have sought ways around it.

     Digital ID age checks come at the cost of everyone's privacy and free expression. The math ain't mathing.

     https://uk.news.yahoo.com/most-australian-teens-admit-social-111400429.html

     #ageverification #digitalid #socialmedia #socialmediaban #freedomofexpression #childrensbill #privacy #ukpoltics #ukpol

     Mx Jay Baker repeated this.
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     Open Rights Group (openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Apr-2026 22:40:49 JST Open Rights Group

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     • James Baker

     “In less than a year, we’ve gone from proposals to check ID for porn to the prospect of checking ID to access social media or unlock everyday features such as livestreams or feeds.

     These online ID systems put both children and adults’ sensitive data at risk.”

     🗣️ @JamesBaker for ORG.

     #ageverification #digitalid #socialmedia #socialmediaban #freedomofexpression #childrensbill #privacy #ukpoltics #ukpol