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Alec Muffett<p>Australia: “Teen social media trial isn’t testing some ways kids will get around the [social media age verification] ban” | @crikey_news<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/113533" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/113533</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeAssurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeAssurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMediaBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMediaBan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a></p>
Freezenet<p>Michael Geist Notes Inclusion of Age Estimation in Bill S-209</p><p>With the introduction of age verification, I ran an analysis of the bill. Michael Geist did the same and noted the age estimation provisions.</p><p><a href="https://www.freezenet.ca/michael-geist-notes-inclusion-of-age-estimation-in-bill-s-209/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freezenet.ca/michael-geist-not</span><span class="invisible">es-inclusion-of-age-estimation-in-bill-s-209/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/BillS209" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillS209</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/MichaelGeist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelGeist</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>Why I Emphatically Oppose Online Age Verification Mandates | Technology &amp; Marketing Law Blog<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/113189" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/113189</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeAssurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeAssurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EricGoldman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricGoldman</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Government must stop restricting website access with laws requiring age verification.</p><p>Some advocates of these censorship schemes argue we can nerd our way out of the many harms they cause to speech, equity, privacy, and infosec. Their silver bullet? “Age estimation” technology that scans our faces, applies an algorithm, and guesses how old we are – before letting us access online content and opportunities to communicate with others. But when confronted with age estimation face scans, many people will refrain from accessing restricted websites, even when they have a legal right to use them. Why?</p><p>Because quite simply, age estimation face scans are creepy AF – and harmful. First, age estimation is inaccurate and discriminatory. Second, its underlying technology can be used to try to estimate our other demographics, like ethnicity and gender, as well as our names. Third, law enforcement wants to use its underlying technology to guess our emotions and honesty, which in the hands of jumpy officers is likely to endanger innocent people. Fourth, age estimation face scans create privacy and infosec threats for the people scanned. In short, government should be restraining this hazardous technology, not normalizing it through age verification mandates."</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/face-scans-estimate-our-age-creepy-af-and-harmful" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/face</span><span class="invisible">-scans-estimate-our-age-creepy-af-and-harmful</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FaceScans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaceScans</span></a></p>
Blake (Pandora Blake)<p>The age verification survey got 220 responses - thanks to all who responded! 🙏 </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/analysing-your-116885298" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/posts/analysing-yo</span><span class="invisible">ur-116885298</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>Perhaps the upside of age verification will be the exclusion of the 70+ demographic from politics?<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/109674" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/109674</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeAssurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeAssurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>US FTC (temporarily) declines to approve “Age Estimation” as a proxy for parental consent; @GetYoti “disappointed”<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/109562" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/109562</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeAssurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeAssurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yoti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yoti</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>Shoshana Weissmann on Twitter: “…a new [US] age verification [proposal] would force platforms to maintain databases of parents’ / children’s government IDs, face scans etc… until the child turns 18. ENORMOUS cyber risk. Age verification forces cyber risk already and this makes it worse”<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/109493" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/109493</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeAssurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeAssurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>“Over the past day, searches for ‘Texas VPN’ increased by 1,750% … Searches for ‘Is porn banned in Texas’ showed a 3,100% increase [&amp;] a 1,600% increase in search trends for ‘How to access Pornhub'”<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/109408" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/109408</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeAssurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeAssurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/porn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>porn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>“Wow. Pornhub shut down in Texas. Redtube also. I’m thinking Texas lawmakers will reverse course real quick lol” | Reddit<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/109377" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/109377</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeAssurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeAssurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeEstimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeEstimation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/porn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>porn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a></p>
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