Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States and around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. That's why today, we're launching EFF.org/Age, a one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what these laws actually do, what’s at stake, why EFF opposes all forms of age verification, how to protect yourself, and how to join the fight for a free, open, private, and yes—safe—internet.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by this onslaught of laws and the invasive technologies behind them, you’re not alone. It’s a lot. But understanding how these mandates work and who they harm is critical to keeping yourself and your loved ones safe online. Age verification is lurking around every corner these days, so we must fight back to protect the internet that we know and love.

That’s why today, we’re launching EFF’s Age Verification Resource Hub: a one-stop shop to understand what these laws actually do, what’s at stake, why EFF opposes all forms of age verification, how to protect yourself, and how to join the fight for a free, open, private, and yes—safe—internet.

  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
    14·
    8 months ago

    Its really not the christians no. They are just useful idiots. The real driver of this legislation is the AI and tech companies that are desperate to create markets for their useless tools. And thats not speculation. The people pushing chat control were found to have direct ties to the companies building the tools to enforce it.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      4·
      8 months ago

      palinitir has been desperate to be implemented by every govt agency, they know thier AI bubble is about to pop, probably not earning money. they are trying to get the us gov to pay for it.

    • psycotica0@lemmy.ca
      31·
      8 months ago

      I get “AI bad”… but I’m not sure I’m following this one. How does porn websites having age verification help AI products find a market?

      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
        9·
        8 months ago

        All these websites have been using image recognition models on both their users (to estimate age) and actors (to detect CSAM). The latter is fine because the data is already public, but the former is a gross privacy invasion. Especially because there already was and will always be leaks and breaches that then expose peoples faces or ID pictures which allows scammers to steal everyones identity.

        There are technically secure ways to verify someones age, but there will always have to be a third party that you have to allow to extract identifying information from your ID to make those work. These companies however dont even try to preserve peoples privacy and have been going straight for using AI tools to magically verify their users.

    • khaleer@sopuli.xyz
      13·
      8 months ago

      I love that people all the time try to bleach christians from all the bad things they commit all the time.