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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (600)	8/6/2025 11:24:01 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Respond to of 617

Another source: ....The Tea spillage is emblematic of what’s at risk when we attach our real-life identities to our online activities. Yet the tethering of identity to digital access is precisely what is prescribed by a new wave of laws going into effect around the world and in bills under consideration in the U.S. On the same day that the Tea leak was discovered, the Online Safety Act (OSA) rolled out in the United Kingdom. The act mandates that online platforms implement age verification in order to block underage users from “harmful and age-inappropriate content,” such as pornography and material that might encourage eating disorders, bullying, hate, or substance abuse. In theory, such laws protect minors, but in practice they affect all users’ experience of the internet. In order to verify who is a child online, after all, sites must also determine who is not. Adults in the U.K. now have to upload photos of their I.D.s showing their dates of birth or submit to other tests—facial-age estimation (from a selfie, say), a bank-.... newyorker.com

To: S. maltophilia who wrote (600)	8/11/2025 10:46:56 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 617

The Facial-Recognition Sham Surveillance won’t make the internet safer. By Albert Fox Cahn ....Under the U.K.’s safety act, companies that refuse to implement age-surveillance software could face billions in fines or jail time. Owners of porn sites may not get much sympathy as a persecuted class, but the law’s targeted “primary priority content” is so general that it applies to far less controversial platforms, such as Bluesky and Discord. Wikipedia has said it may have to limit access to its site in the U.K. as a consequence, and other platforms have enacted broad restrictions to avoid any potential violation of the law. According to TechDirt, people in the U.K. have had to verify their age in order to access protest videos on X or Reddit communities about substance abuse and menstruation. Unsurprisingly, all of this has led people to circumvent the verification... theatlantic.com