It's hard to say at this stage whether the UK plans to force locked devices on children is the right way to address online harms, nor if it's really possible to do so without breaking devices' privacy and security for all Brits. What's certain, however, is that this is only the first step in the current commitment to making UK kids safer online. Drawing on the results of its safety consultation, the government is expected to announce a social media ban for teens next week. According to indiscretions reported by Politico, restrictions will target specific features like livestreaming and disappe
A spy in your pocket? How the UK’s proposed on-device nude image blocking could work in realityExperts have long warned against the idea of so-called client-side scanning. Back in 2023, experts' criticisms led UK lawmakers to decide to halt any scanning requirements within the Online Safety Act until it was technically feasible to do so privately and securely. Now, the government appears to be convinced that that day has arrived, but technologists and privacy advocates aren't buying it. From a technological point of view, Mullvad VPN's Founder, Daniel Berntsson, believes that operating system-level scanning will inevitably harm the trust that users have in their devices. And this, he ex
A spy in your pocket? How the UK’s proposed on-device nude image blocking could work in reality… According to Mozilla, forcing every user to verify their age just to access a VPN would create massive new data vulnerabilities without actually solving the problem of youth online safety. …
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The UK government has announced a social media ban for under-16s Privacy advocates are concerned about the impact of increased age checks Some groups also argue that a ban will fail to protect kids online On Monday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that social media platforms will be r… …
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… HMD Fuse The HMD Fuse aims to put the online safety of your child first. The primary way it does this is by blocking nudity from being shown, shot, and stored. Parental controls are extensive, with functionality for adding and removing apps when kids are ready or not to use them. …
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