
UK & Canada's Surveillance Bills
In a special two-for-one, we look at new bills coming out in the UK & Canada.
UK & Canada's Surveillance Bills
In a special two-for-one, we look at new bills coming out in the UK & Canada.
UK’s Child Social Media Ban
The UK government is planning to ban social media for kids under 16 in a new fact sheet, they lay out the most important changes. The ban will cover platforms like Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, and X. It won’t cover messaging apps and will take effect by the start of 2027.
But the problem is that this ban affects far more than children. As a result, all users of these platforms will have to verify their age.
Will people need to have their faces scanned? The fact sheet very cleverly avoids answering that question directly.
They hint that they’ll gather age signals through other means like knowing how long accounts have been open, user credit card info, or linking it to other age verification schemes.
All of this information could be adapted to support a Digital ID scheme. And if not, it could be as simple as a facial recognition check for everyone else.
TAKE BACK OUR TECH
27.06.26
@Hakeem Anwar #digitalid