Brian Greenberg :verified:<p>The UK 🇬🇧 has taken a huge step to enforce age verification online by requiring everyone to prove they are over 18 via face scans, ID documents, credit checks, or third‑party authentication. This all starts with pornography sites but could extend across platforms worldwide. This elevates major privacy and surveillance risks, raises questions about anonymity, and could quell access to important content like reproductive health, LGBTQ+ resources, and more.</p><p>TL;DR<br>🆔 ID, selfie, or credit‑based age checks now mandatory<br>🌍 Age‑verification laws expanding globally<br>🔒 Raises privacy and surveillance concerns<br>🧠 May chill free access to sensitive content</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-age-checked-internet-has-arrived/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/the-age-checke</span><span class="invisible">d-internet-has-arrived/</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacyRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyRights</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DigitalPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a></p>