If only we hadn't been right about #ageverification spreading in 2026.

[tutanota@mastodon.social]

If only we hadn't been right about #ageverification spreading in 2026. 😤

Let's keep fighting for #privacy and #anonymity 💪

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota why not banned WhatsApp too. Isn't whatsapp a social media platform?. What about telegram.. Aren't children's using telegram? 😊

[mintydev@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota I must be one of the only privacy advocates who actually thinks children shouldn't be allowed to use social media 😬 My main concern is the age verification implementation, but I know there are ways to make it 100% private, only revealing if you're over a certain age as a true or false value.

[oytis@mastodon.social]

@GOKUSHRM @Tutanota Not sure about UK definition of a social network, but to me both are messengers, with Telegram also having some Web 2.0 features, but, most importantly, no algorithmic feed.

I hope the point is not to ban young people from communicating online completely.

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@Oytis @Tutanota yes I'm fully agree with you. They must need to find other ways to implement this age verification thing. By forcing it on everyone is not the right thing. They only want control over every single person

[joe9nf@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota This is not to protect the children.

Instead, It is to force adults to give up their IDs (and normalize the act) so they are easy to be identified whenever they try to spread the truth or post/comment something against the will of the elites.

There are numerous ways to protect the children. This is definitely not one of them.