Reposted by No age gate South AfricaMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 09/10/2026So ... it turns out that according to official army regulation, people under 18 ARE banned from witnessing an execution, but I guess the government is deeming to waive that in the interest of propaganda. armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pub... 36830
Reposted by No age gate South AfricaFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 07/10/2026With VPNs “Germans can bypass controls on "hate speech",the Chinese can work around restrictions on Winnie the Pooh memes, and people in places like Utah can ignore intrusive age-verification rules.” So this is great news reason.com/2026/10/07/f...reason.comFederal court slaps down Utah's VPN restrictionsA judge blocked a rule that would have required adult sites to block VPNs or age-check the world. 08042
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thoughts from South African youth on social media bans and the SABC's coverage. Once again no cross referencing to international developments or updates on Australia Age verification (They are mentioned every time, but zero updates on how its going). 000
Reposted by No age gate South AfricaMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Utah wanted websites to verify the actual, physical location of visitors and force them to identify VPN users. The controversial addition to the state's age-verification law was suppose to go into effect next week, but a District Court judge struck it down at least temporarily.techradar.comFederal judge strikes down Utah's controversial VPN age verification rulesA major win for digital privacy as courts rule that state-level age verification laws cannot mandate the tracking of encrypted web traffic 27235
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No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Considering @discord.com does not respect sovereign countries on the position of social media bans. The better option long-term is not negotiating its leaving for other platforms and hosts that don't seek to negotiate/invade their users/peers privacy. Love seeing more options in the chat sphere. 000
Reposted by No age gate South AfricaYeet Kune Do @yeetkunedo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@discord.com I see now why age verification started rolling out, fuck this and fuck you for doing this 11180962883
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It was never about child safety even when a sovereign country explicitly says we are not doing social media bans they proceed. bsky.app/profile/nove... 053
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We did all the things Campaign Email breakdown misinformation actively reach out to legislators after year of this we get a definitive NO and they still did it. and no one in government seems to even care. Even when its known they went ahead So no Discord is making an active choice 10/10 022
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A year of campaigning and a signed letter answer saying "NO" Know 📨we need to email the committee: www.parliament.gov.za/committee-de... 📨Contact the information Regulator: inforegulator.org.za having to demand our rights be enforced and ask why this happened bsky.app/profile/bett... 9/10parliament.gov.zaPortfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies - Parliament of South Africa 122
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Those that want calmer heads say: "Discord is being compelled to do this" "Discord is being forced by government policy to implement this" "talk to your governments and legislators" We did and we got them to change their minds and say "NO" They did it anyways 8/10 bsky.app/profile/nove... 122
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026After accessing and playing with access on the browser no setting touched it eventually allowed access on the mobile version. But lets think about that. One format says(mobile) "Verify" the other(browser): "you are an adult, this does not effect you" Meaning people right know are verifying 7/10 122
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026But when we observed mobile it said you need to verify whenever we entered an adult channel. It was actually startling how it went from "Sorry, you're not old enough to view this age restricted channel" to "Age verification process here" again on browser it said I am an ADULT 6/10 122
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The entire time we checked it was mobile, but mobile updates for Discord are often less consistent than desktop/browser. But here is what the browser said. new prompts on account : "Age group" (was not there till 20 min after midnight) Browser said I am an adult 5/10 122
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026for the whole of day of 23 Sept we checked if it got flagged and we still had access to all channels. We check again SA time just past midnight. "Sorry, you're not old enough to view this age restricted channel" NO prompts to verify yet. 4/10 122
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Over the past few month a team member volunteered their Discord to test and see if adult signals could be sent. Adult channels were joined with a combination of SFW, recovery and Pornography/Role play. This was to send signals the account was an adult. It was also a 7+ year account 3/10 122
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@discord.com Announced they would be launching age verification on the 22nd of September. Whoever on the 4th of September South Africa's Minister of communication and digital technology Solly malatsi said no South Africa would not be doing a social media ban. 2/10 bsky.app/profile/bett... 122
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Identity verification struck a team member, or so it seemed. A thread on what should not have happened, happening. Identity verification in South Africa despite the fact it should not only not have been implemented here, but the lack of spine from government to do anything. 1/10 🧵 132
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026For those looking for what was said bsky.app/profile/nove... 010
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Our goal is to enable creators to publish their materials to the appropriate audiences without needing to remove materials completely, so it can remain a safe and reliable service for both users and creators." Filters already exist to allow this. Its the same story on every website. 041
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What is happening with clip studio? Looks like they might be potentially be bullied into compliance by payment processers similar to the Steams and Itch .ios adult games getting massive purges. "This includes plans to strengthen the system to include age restrictions" potential Age verification? 11015
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026to pay killing upstarts and those that cant afford to scale. There is also something deeply undemocratic and troubling about being locked out of resources, media, information because you don't wish to doxx yourself or pay for the right to be treated like an adult. That create tiered systems. 7/7 010
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When safety becomes a business modal its no longer about safety its rent collection. It morphs frameworks into ones that only allow for middle man services like credit card providers, KYC middle men and governments looking for new untapped revenue source. Planting incumbents who can afford - 6/7 110
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The most troubling and biggest reason to not have 3rd parties do age verification is it know creates a market incentive that will fight to assert itself even when shown to not work. This also perverts legislation as the government may use AV services as a revenue source and not for safety. 4/5 110
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Then there is a fact a majority of South Africans are black this ads another mess as biometric scanners have frequently been shown to fail when scanning darker faces. 3/7 www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/faci...mozillafoundation.orgFacial Recognition Bias: Why Racism Appears In Face Detection TechFacial recognition tech routinely performs worse when attempting to detect Black and brown faces. Why do face detection tools struggle with dark skin? 110
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Considering 37.9% of South Africans are under the poverty line (23.2 million people) this effects options for AV - No access to credit cards - South Africa has high luxury taxes for tech and consider biometric scanners need quality cameras this locks out a substantial amount of people. 2/7 110
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As part of researching for our campaign we will rebut this from a South African POV. - Many parts of SA run on cash based systems and peer to peer lending so many people dont use Google,Applepay or Paypal. - Debit cards are the most used purchase item after cash so - Less banks more stokvels 1/7 132
Reposted by No age gate South AfricaEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Congratulations. You’ve now forcibly associated everyone’s online speech with their government name and purchase history. And your system doesn’t work because teenagers can have debit cards. Next 611515
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A reminder South Africa is not pursuing social media bans and have publicly declared so. This was on the 4th of September Discord is global, they would know we are not doing this(if they are compitent) "they are being compelled" stops when being compeled is no longer there bsky.app/profile/bett... 054
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Argument: "Discord is being compelled by governments to do this" 4 September South Africa: "we will not be doing social media bans" 22 September Discord: "we are launching global age verification" They are making a choice, a big one. Overriding governments is crazy bsky.app/profile/nove... 23514
Reposted by No age gate South AfricaRona Altana @ronaaltana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Discord finally confirmed for real when they're rolling out age verification service-wide (tomorrow) and I've not seen a single person make a peep about itdiscord.comSafer for Teens, Same Discord for AdultsWe’re launching a revamped, privacy-focused age assurance solution including methods that won’t require an ID or selfie. Here’s how it works. 6727422418
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Discord is launching its Global age verification service. "We've chosen to launch our stronger protections for teens everywhere using the most privacy-preserving approach we could build, including where it isn't yet required by law" No mentions on countries being exempted like South Africa 066
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026These are the parents being courted when discussing/advocating for Age verification. More survialance on youth under the cover of saftey. bsky.app/profile/heaw... 001
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The difficulty of removing age verification is not just explaining the policy and it issues, but combatting bad talking points from the media. They never invite privacy experts/advocacy.The panels always end the same ,with reporter and speakers agreeing on bad policy,talking points and definitions 045
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 16/09/20269. preview message check for grammar, spelling, word choice phrasing and look for any redundancies or anything that seems to add fluff. 10.hit send you should receive this:(image attached) 11.Done,know email the committee members by email with the same arguments, same on social media 7/ 000
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 16/09/20267. Name (you can use a false name, real name,pet name ,new name,dead name etc ) Just pick what you want to be addressed by. Avoid handle names as it might have to be read in discussions by the committee and by onlookers 8.Email,choose which email you want a response from (it accepts alliases) 6/ 100
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026❌Please don't crash out or yell, The letter is on a public forum, avoid hyperlinks try and engage with your point as a stand alone argument. You dont have to be overly nice, you can express your frustrations, but express what you wish the committee to do. 5/ 100
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 16/09/20266. Subject: keep it short and understood what is the topic examples: - Why South Africa should reject Age verification - Public comment on rejecting Age verification - I call upon the committee to reject Age verification and the reasons why Body: short to the point can be re-read easily 4/ 100
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How to write using the peoples assembly. (This applies to Committees) 1.Go to the people assembly website 2."Find my representatives" 3."Find by committee" 4. Under committees "National Assembly Committees" 5. Under Communications and Digital Technologies ,"Write a public message" 3/ 100
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026its best to email Mps, directly vice your concerns on their social media and then use the peoples assembly to show visibly and publicly what your concerns are. example of a published message short makes it clear what they want easy to re-read questions have context with a structure to answer 2/ 110
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For people emailing the communications and technology committee one can use the peoples assembly website. (its not as efficient or as guaranteed as directly communicating/sending to MP's on their emails/social media) 1/ 🧵 pa.org.za/write-commit...pa.org.zaPeople's Assembly 101
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026- what about Roblox currently age verifying in South Africa already? This statement is hollow without follow through and vocalizing South Africas position to platforms. Alot of work in the background as well as pushing has gotten us a minister who can see the winds,we just need to seal it.💪🇿🇦 022
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Fight on It's not over answer for the following are needed. -Will the proposals for Age verification be removed from the Audio visual whitepaper? -Discord plans a world wide Age verification system how will the department address this after making a clear statement they will not pursue this? 1/2 145
Reposted by No age gate South AfricaEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Haidt has no home here* *in serious discussions about youth mental health and regulation of technologytechdirt.comJonathan Haidt’s Claims On Kids & Tech Crumble Under Scrutiny From Top Expert, Candice OdgersJonathan Haidt’s incredibly well-timed decision to surf on the wave of a moral panic about kids and social media has made him a false hero for many parents and educators. In my review, I noted that… 16323
Reposted by No age gate South AfricaCenter for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 08/09/2026“Kate Ruane, director of the Center for Democracy and Technology’s Free Expression Project, which advocates for speech protections online, said verification would put burdens on speech.”rollcall.comSocial media debate shaken up by Meta settlementThose who’ve fought on Capitol Hill to rein in social media platforms see last week’s settlement between Meta and state attorneys general not as a final destination, but as a roadmap to what’s possible. Privacy and First Amendment advocates are worried they’re right. The settlement comes as the House and Senate have taken divergent paths […] 155
No age gate South Africa @noverifactionsa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Not only is this deplorable and cruel it's harassment. With Age verification legislation and anti social media bans in fulls swing the argument is that the platforms facilitate the harassment and emboldens people to send cruel threats. This is by email EMAIL It's not not the platform,but person. 000