Ofcom to push for better age verification, filters and 40 other checks in new online child safety code
Ofcom is cracking down on Instagram, YouTube and 150,000 other web services to improve child safety online. A new Children’s Safety Code from the U.K. Internet regulator will push tech firms to run be...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/07/ofcom-draft-childrens-safety-code/
Wow, lots of juicy details in this article.
UK full speeding into the 1984.
"The government has repeatedly said it wants the U.K. to be the safest place to go online in the world."
- age verifications via digital IDs and facial recognition matching before accessing range of online content
- social media and search engines, and their algos are the prime targets
"Whether it will be any more successful at preventing digital slurry from pouring into kids’ eyeballs than it has actual shit from polluting the country’s waterways remains to be seen."
You gonna need money transmitter license to send tips and social media license to send memes. If the meme causes depression or discomfort to anyone, you're in trouble.
