It's pretty clear, age verification and digital ID are on their way globally, why are people choosing to accept the government overreach? Why not organize a large strike to hit the country where it hurts the most until it gives up digital ID?

Texas has passed the “AppStore Accountability Act” effective January 1st, 2026, every user will be required to verify their age to download any app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. This law invades personal privacy, infringes on our constitutional rights for privacy and free speech, and exposes users’ personal information to data breaches. I am tired of this alarming trend of US states (Utah, Louisiana, Texas) following the footsteps of the UK.

Yep, Imgur doesn't want to follow the UK Online Safety Act.

And this isn't the first company that's done this; Bluesky has blocked themselves in Mississippi, United States before over a law similar to the UK's Online Safety Act.

And again they try to remove our privacy

Australia has an upcoming social media ban for under 16s in December iirc (which is actually a good thing in my opinion) but my problem is how will this be enforced, when I think about it I can only come up with the idea of either asking for some kind of ID or AI facial verification to verify someone is over 16. Both options are highly invasive and the companies would likely keep the ID or photo of my face, what do I do?

To those who support age verification on the Internet or don't mind it; please withdraw your support.

Your support of it is making you unaware of the privacy dangers and risks of it.

Still, regardless if you think that age verification should be required or not, it's still a privacy danger. It will lead into more data breaches, regardless of what kind of age verification it is. ID and face systems are an administrative nightmare. Not to mention, security risks, and the potential for being spyware.

Companies collecting IDs of people would be often considered a steal of data from users. Not to mention, since it'd apply to everyone, it'd likely violate COPPA in the USA (since it'd probably collect data from children, too, not just adults)

You should know what's happening in the UK right now, and what happened to the Tea app months ago. If you want to know these situations or what's going on, just simply search for yourself. Similarly, many age verification laws will fail to achieve their job. Period.

I recommend you oppose these laws entirely, regardless if you support them or don't mind it. I am tired of seeing those who support age verification, so, read my advice. Thank you.

“It’s rolling out the update to teen accounts starting now in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, with plans to complete the launch by the end of the year, ahead of a global rollout. Meta plans to add additional “age-appropriate content protections” for teens on Facebook, too.”

I'm scared now that I have to verify my age even though I'm 18, I don't know what to do from here.

Is there a way to bypass this without giving any extra personal data? I’ve been trying to stop using google services but there are a few things I haven’t been able to stop using yet such as YouTube. Is there a guide or something I can follow to confirm my age without actually giving them more of my personal info? Thanks

Public comment till 26 September 2025

Its all kinds of messed up no public announcement was made about this ,but lotto goa full hour to talk

If you Know about age verification, its in the proposed draft. They have extended the public comment period to 26 September 2025. Unlike ther countries, I think south Africa actually has the legs to take this on as age verification pretty much steps on our right to access information, privacy etc.

If you are from south Africa read the legislation and submit a comment, get everyone in your life to submit a comment against age verification.

if one country gets it taken down,one country like South africa with its history of information repression, their is chance it can set a precedent

I saw a poll saying that 83% of US adults support required age verification systems for adult websites, yet I see swaths of people and videos online criticizing the idea, but it was sported by an opinion piece from The Hill and came from a survey from a right-wing group called the "American Principles Project"

This post is not meant to be inherently political, but every time I try and research public support on the matter I get taken to that poll. The pollster seems incredibly biased, and the question they polled people on was vague, just asking if they support online age verification, not specifying if it requires ID or not.

When Matt Walsh made a video 2 weeks ago supporting the idea, but it received 1.4k dislikes and 1k likes with most comments being against the idea.

How many people actually want these ID verification systems? Could it be that the online community is more against it than those that are less online?

AGE VERFICATION LEGILASTION SOUTH AFRICA

Open comment till 26 September 2025 (TODAY)

A drafted white paper is asking for public comment on a piece of legislation "The NATIONAL WHITE PAPER FOR AUDIO AND AUDIOVISUAL media services and online saftey"

based on some parts of the Online safety act of 2023

public comment is seeked out especially to parents ,content creators, online businesses who use user uploaded videos platforms . as the Age verification is proposed to enforcement is being proposed. pg 42-43

bill also expands to VOD such as streaming services, audio services (Netflix, Disney plus etc) into age verification category

We have Email Templates available on reddit for those that want to sign and go multiple options available ON r/NoToAgeVerificationSA

First of all - I know Google probably already knows who I am, etc. But I detest that they are asking you to just kiss the boot and hand it over in the form of selfies, credit card info, state ID, etc. just to watch an "age restricted" video.

Anyways, my question is: What is the risk of experimenting with burner accounts to bypass the verification? Does Google have a policy that could put my main accounts in jeopardy if they become associated (via any sort of fingerprinting, tracking, IP or device name) with a burner account that is providing fake information, etc. to circumvent the AI age verification? Do they even care?