https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/videos/watch/ee7607f9-860b-4db4-a65e-a033999d0daa MPs have agreed to new powers to expand age verification across online platforms. Everyday web services will be locked behind digital checkpoints, despite the serious privacy and security risks of this system. Parliament continues to pursue an approach to online safety that doesn't work. The Australian under-16 social media ban has failed to make any difference and people have sought ways around it. Digital ID age checks come at the cost of everyone's privacy and free expression. The math ain't mathing. The problem of online harms lies with the underlying business models of social media platforms. Digital ID age checks do nothing to change that. We need to disrupt the advertising-driven business models built on surveillance, profiling and maximising engagement. Fri, 01 May 2026 01:46:21 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/videos/watch/ee7607f9-860b-4db4-a65e-a033999d0daa All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.