Who's done good critical work on "age verification" systems/companies? I'm seeing a lot of grifty vendors prepared to hawk their wares as a new strain of child-focused online legislation moves forward. I'd love to read detailed assessments of the tech & the claims 🙏

In reply to a quick conversation with Lord Bethell of the UK Parliament on Twitter, I composed an open response. You can find the original (ongoing) conversation here:

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Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) on X

Hi Lord Bethell, great to meet you. We're a nonprofit, not BigTech, and we've have never opposed whole Bill. We're alarmed by clause 111 giving Of...

The the open response here: 📄.pdf