Last minute amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will have huge implications for freedom of expression and privacy in the UK, Open Rights Group has warned.
  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
    13·
    9 hours ago

    Sex offenders (Domestically or abroad) who develop apps or web services will be compelled to collect age data from any minors who use their services. Kids who use these services will be compelled to give their age to these offenders.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      5·
      7 hours ago

      Even outside of kids, I personally think that getting people used to sending over images of their ID documents to random websites is a really bad idea too, but…shrugs

      • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Which is why it should never, ever be done that way. Have some trustworthy body that already has that info - a bank, the government, whatever - verify your age to them once, and have the websites ask those for a simple yes/no verification if you are an adult or not.

        Because they don’t actually need to know who you are, they just need to verify if you are over 18 or not.

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        California’s new age verification law puts the onus on the operating system. When you install or setup your computer of device, you will be required to state your age, or the age of the child that will be using the machine. Sex offender App and Web developers are still required to demand the user’s age before providing their services, and children will still be required to announce their minor-ness to P(a)edophiles.

        But, California will not require photos or ID scans, so it’s only the second worst of the three available options. The best option, of course, is to allow children to not tell potential pedophiles that they are kids.