If you critique deployment of Age Verification in the UK not only do you get branded as being “on the side of the child abusers” but also you have your professional qualifications undermined:
A UK Government spokesperson said: “This self-proclaimed expert is wrong. The Online Safety Act protects children without sacrificing people’s privacy.
THE UK Government should not be asking adults to give up their identification online in the name of children’s safety, an online age verification expert has said. Chelsea Jarvie, who is finishing up a PhD in online age verification, said the technology brought in to support the implementation of the Online Safety Act needs to be “urgently” looked at as she accused ministers of failing to “read the room”. She added that the legislation in isolation will not be enough to protect children online, and the Government had “work to do” to balance children’s safety with public trust in the technology available.
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