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Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist ...

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In early March, 438 security and privacy researchers from 32 countries signed a massive open letter warning that age verification mandates for the internet are technically impossible to get right, easy to circumvent, a serious threat to privacy and security, and likely to cause more harm than good. While many folks (including us at Techdirt) have been calling out similar problems with age verification, this was basically a ton of experts all teaming up to call out how dangerous the technology is — by any reasonable measure, a hugely significant collective statement from the scientific community on an active area of internet regulation.

🚨West Viriginia passed HB 4412 - to "require certain websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content" This is yet another Digital ID bill - and while you might think "great, kids shouldn't see that stuff" (and I would agree), the method for https://t.co/XPxDrRIZQn

To the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, We are a newly formed coalition of Massachusetts-based organizations that advocate for the rights and safety of the LGBTQIA+ community. Many of us recent...

To whom it may concern,  We, the undersigned organizations, write with great concern about the growing number of online ID check bills introduced in over 20 states and U.S. Congress. These bills encourage or require websites to perform ID checks on users under the guise of “child safety.” As a coalition of organizations dedicated to […]

A key senator is demanding the TSA reverse its decision to let travelers keep their shoes on while passing through airport screening, a controversial policy at the center of a classified security warn...