If you barely use an account and
don't want to have to give your official ID to use it (which really you should refuse),

Then I recommend you log in as soon as possible to delete it fully from the internal deletion feature :nes_fire:

• Many accounts are easy to delete now from within the account.

• Once you are locked out of your account for refusing to provide an official ID, you might never be able to delete your account and data again.

• If you are already in this situation, and your region is covered by a decent privacy law, you might still be able to have your data deleted with the help of your local Data Protection Authority. Reach out to them.

• Be mindful about your other accounts that may depend on this account for logins or other.

#Privacy #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification #RightToDelete

In today's episode of I Told You So:

May 2025 ⚠️
"Daily occurrences of data breach incidents have taught us we cannot trust these services to safeguard our data. Data breaches for this sensitive information are only a matter of time.

The concentration of such valuable data will likely be monetized and resold either by the platforms themselves, by the for-profit third-party "age assurance" providers they use, or eventually by the criminals who stole it from them."

Source: Privacy Guides

October 2025
"A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive information online."

Source: 404 Media

#AgeVerification #Privacy #Discord

The UK Online Safety Act is a mess. MPs are debating the petition for its repeal now.

ORG calls for a rights-based approach:

Limit its scope to minimise threats to freedom of expression/small sites, and regulate age verification providers to protect privacy.

Read our briefing ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-online-safety-act-parliamentary-petition-debate/

#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #freedomofexpression #privacy #censorship #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol

The UK Online Safety Act is a mess. MPs are debating the petition for its repeal now.

ORG calls for a rights-based approach:

Limit its scope to minimise threats to freedom of expression/small sites, and regulate age verification providers to protect privacy.

Read our briefing ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-online-safety-act-parliamentary-petition-debate/

#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #freedomofexpression #privacy #censorship #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol

An amazing resource by EFF around age verification on the internet.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/age-verification-coming-internet-we-built-you-resource-hub-fight-back

#ageverification #eff #tech #internet #legal #privacy
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An amazing resource by EFF around age verification on the internet.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/age-verification-coming-internet-we-built-you-resource-hub-fight-back

#ageverification #eff #tech #internet #legal #privacy
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The UK Online Safety Act ushered in an age verification market without regulating providers.

Our open letter calls for this to be corrected ahead of tomorrow's debate.

We're supported by the Age Verification Providers Association and 600+ members of the public.

Read more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-safety-act-org-calls-for-regulation-of-age-assurance-industry/

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

You can refuse to provide official ID or biometric data for social media accounts requiring age verification.

Actually, I bet if everyone did refuse, and let their account dormant for a couple of weeks, you would suddenly see American Big Tech transforming into the fiercest defender of your privacy rights, using their powerful network of lobbyists to fight these invasive government regulations.

They need you more than you need them.
Force them to work for your rights.
Do not comply.

#Privacy #AgeVerification #Biometrics #AusPol #USpol

Age verification goes beyond porn. It includes social media, streaming, dating apps and gaming.

Millions of UK users have to trade their sensitive data to access information, services or support online.

We compromise our identity with no regulatory standards for privacy or security.

We say no!

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

ORG is asking the UK Government, ICO and Ofcom to establish compulsory privacy and security standards for age verification providers to ensure that users’ sensitive data is protected.

Tell your MP to attend the Online Safety Act debate on 15 December ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-attend-debate-online-safety-act

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

“Platforms choose which [age verification] provider to use, and the public has to hope they can be trusted.”

They have an incentive to choose cheaper and less secure vendors, mainly located in the US, with varying data protection standards.

This can't continue. We need regulation now!

🗣️ @JamesBaker for ORG.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

The UK Online Safety Act ushered in an age verification market without regulating providers.

Our open letter calls for this to be corrected ahead of tomorrow's debate.

We're supported by the Age Verification Providers Association and 600+ members of the public.

Read more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-safety-act-org-calls-for-regulation-of-age-assurance-industry/

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

The UK Online Safety Act returns to Parliament.

It's enabled iffy age-assurance providers, wrongly censored content and shuttered small sites while doing nothing to tackle the dominance of major platforms.

Tell your MP to attend the debate on 15 December ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-attend-debate-online-safety-act

#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol

#AgeVerification Is Coming For the Internet. We Built You a Resource Hub to Fight Back.

Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States & around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. Though these mandates claim to protect children, in practice they create harmful #censorship and #surveillance regimes that put everyone—adults and young people alike—at risk.
#privacy #security

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/age-verification-coming-internet-we-built-you-resource-hub-fight-back

The UK Online Safety Act returns to Parliament.

It's enabled iffy age-assurance providers, wrongly censored content and shuttered small sites while doing nothing to tackle the dominance of major platforms.

Tell your MP to attend the debate on 15 December ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-attend-debate-online-safety-act

#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol

Why Isn’t Online #AgeVerification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/why-isnt-online-age-verification-just-showing-your-id-person

#privacy #politics

Why Isn’t Online #AgeVerification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/why-isnt-online-age-verification-just-showing-your-id-person

#privacy #politics

EFF: Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/why-isnt-online-age-verification-just-showing-your-id-person <... age verification also imposes barriers to remaining anonymous that don't typically exist in-person. Anonymity can be essential for those wishing to access sensitive, personal, or stigmatized content online. And users have a right to anonymity, which is “an aspect of the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment.”> #ageverification #censorship #privacy #politics

#Ageverification must not become mandatory. In general, the effect and implementation of age verification are still unclear, and the risks outweigh the benefits. There is no law worldwide that enforces mandatory AV for messengers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/after-years-controversy-eus-chat-control-nears-its-final-hurdle-what-know