Why isn't online age verification just like showing your ID in person?(eff.org)

47 points by hn_acker 10 months ago | 34 comments

Kids Online Safety Act is still a danger to our rights online(eff.org)

267 points by leotravis10 3 years ago | 108 comments

So, you’ve hit an age gate. What now?(eff.org)

308 points by hn_acker 9 months ago | 233 comments

EFF Presses Federal Circuit to Make Patent Case Filings Public(eff.org)

52 points by hn_acker 2 years ago | 12 comments

Canada’s Bill C-22 Is a Repackaged Version of Last Year’s Surveillance Nightmare(eff.org)

307 points by Brajeshwar 5 months ago | 98 comments

EFF to Governor Newsom: Veto California's AB 1709(eff.org)

65 points by mdp2021 1 month ago | 50 comments

Online age verification is the hill to die on(x.com)

846 points by Cider9986 6 months ago | 536 comments

An X thread by Glenn Meder arguing that online age verification is a critical fight because it requires identity verification and enables broader digital control.

Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public(time.com)

347 points by binning 11 months ago | 146 comments

TIME article reporting on court filings alleging Meta downplayed risks its platforms posed to children and misled the public.

Court Records Should Be Free(eff.org)

430 points by hn_acker 4 months ago | 99 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin arguing that federal court records should be freely accessible to the public.

Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribution of speech(nonogra.ph)

885 points by arkhiver 3 months ago | 523 comments

An anonymous opinion post arguing that age verification laws in the US, Europe, and Australia are a precursor to tying online speech to people's real identities.

Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That's not a problem we need to solve(technologyreview.com)

21 points by joozio 8 days ago | 28 comments

MIT Technology Review opinion piece by Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd arguing that age gates on social media backfire and closing loopholes kids use will worsen things.

Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults(cnbc.com)

589 points by bilsbie 7 months ago | 315 comments

CNBC article on how online age-verification tools spreading across the U.S. for child safety are leading to surveillance of adults.