π¨πΏπ¦Age verification South Africaπ¨πΏπ¦
Filters,chat mute buttons,options that allow us to even control who can see, comment, follow,reply on social media.
We have so much control, but hey why not repeat the tea hackβ
Demand the remove age verification
#kosa
#nodigitaldompas
bsky.app/profile/nove...
24.11.2025 15:22 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
π¨πΏπ¦Age verification South Africaπ¨πΏπ¦
Filters,chat mute buttons,options that allow us to even control who can see, comment, follow,reply on social media.
We have so much control,but it was never about user control,but governmental control
Demand the remove age verification
bsky.app/profile/nove...
23.11.2025 11:43 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
πΏπ¦π¨Age verification South Africa G20 is occuring great chance to inform people on age verification and it's global trend.
We can't afford literal and metaphorically to loose this.
Call the committee and ask they REMOVE age verification as a requirement.
#kosa
#digitaldompas
#privacy
#osa
22.11.2025 09:00 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
πΏπ¦Age verification south Africa
Imagine needing pressing information,imagine age verification systems failing or worse shut down by governments
Don't let access to the net be centralized
Tell the committee no to age verification
contactππ¨ No to AV
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
18.11.2025 14:33 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 2
πΏπ¦Age verification south Africa
Let's ignore User filters,parental controls,rfa blocks allow website blocks just to be held under duress for "saftey"
duress for access is not saftey.
Tell the committee no to age verification
contactππ¨ No to AV
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
18.11.2025 22:02 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
πΏπ¦Age verification south Africa
Never believe yourself exempt from such a reality,look at the UK,look at the calls to de-anonyomize journalists in the Us the removal of foreigners for non American aligning beliefs and statements.
contact , No to AV
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
08.11.2025 04:46 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Starter kit and such,give them a follow beyond this page go.bsky.app/UV6RGF8
19.11.2025 13:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
πΏπ¦Age verification south Africa
Let's ignore User filters,parental controls,rfa blocks allow website blocks just to be held under duress for "saftey"
duress for access is not saftey.
Tell the committee no to age verification
contactππ¨ No to AV
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
18.11.2025 22:02 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
πΏπ¦Age verification south Africa
Imagine needing pressing information,imagine age verification systems failing or worse shut down by governments
Don't let access to the net be centralized
Tell the committee no to age verification
contactππ¨ No to AV
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
18.11.2025 14:33 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 2
Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, 18 November 2025
YouTube video by Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
It's taking long as we are also tracking how home affairs plans to integrate such tech in border and civil control
God we are reading and annotating,their are so many stakeholders involved
And yet non of this was announced, we only know because we follow meetings.
www.youtube.com/live/-fYX8cC...
18.11.2025 13:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
launching next year,we have been pouring over committee meetings and summarizing documents and public statements but we fear our opposition might come late as its set to launch Q1 next year April and we are in the process of getting docs for nsfas,sassa and how they are currently implementing it
18.11.2025 13:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, 18 November 2025
YouTube video by Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
@eff.org @404media.co
not sure if this is your beat,but our parent organisation the better privacy project has been tracking the developments of a Digital ID for south Africa and a China style Supper app that centralizes multil departments
Its getting zero coverage
www.youtube.com/live/RWPglrE...
18.11.2025 13:14 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
πΏπ¦Age verification south Africa's draft paper for our legislation was drafted based on the Online saftey act.
The resources and dimished opportunities for Youth and Youth journalist should not come at the cost of Privacy and security
Contact π/π¨
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
16.11.2025 10:18 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
DCDT - Gazettes - Government Gazette no. 52972: Draft White Paper on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and Online Safety
DCDT,DTPS,Communications, Technology,dcdt south africa, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies website
Here is the link to the draft paper.,but I have notes on our page around August/October
Contact the committee and ask them to remove " age verification" and to rewrite or narrow the scope of "duty of care" as the current framework is to vague and ripe for abuse.
www.dcdt.gov.za/documents/le...
16.11.2025 10:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
As always their is zero coverage on our proposal internal or internationally and ours is still in it's infancy meaning it can still be cut, the session continues next term.
That's gives us a chance to build proper opposition.
16.11.2025 10:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
πΏπ¦Age verification south Africa's draft paper for our legislation was drafted based on the Online saftey act.
The resources and dimished opportunities for Youth and Youth journalist should not come at the cost of Privacy and security
Contact π/π¨
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
16.11.2025 10:18 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
πΏπ¦Age verification south Africa's draft paper for our legislation was drafted based on the Online saftey act.
The resources and dimished opportunities for Youth and Youth journalist should not come at the cost of Privacy and security
Contact π/π¨
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
15.11.2025 17:21 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Privacy and anonymity has been eroded to such a catastrophic degree that their are services to delete your face(clear view and data scraping),data deletion for accounts(delete me) and know age verification seeks to tear the last remnants of our dwindled Privacy.
Privacy and anonymity as defaultπ
15.11.2025 16:07 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
The Secret Surveillance System Behind College Football
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social has had a hotstreak on discussing age verification,but AV is part of a larger project wide scale survialance of public and private life
How we startπΊπΈ
youtu.be/yncu7A4NtSo?...
How it endsπ¬π§
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The larger fight is guaranteed anonymity and Privacy.
14.11.2025 13:59 β π 18 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
π¨πΏπ¦Age Verification South Africa
Google has made a choice and with existing segregate and suppress laws we are building a survialance state aided by big tech
make some noise
Contactππ¨ the committee with. Not to Age verification
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
#kosa
#osa
13.11.2025 15:26 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
π¨πΏπ¦Age Verification South Africa
Google has made a choice and with existing segregate and suppress laws we are building a survialance state aided by big tech
make some noise
Contactππ¨ the committee with. Not to Age verification
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
#kosa
#osa
13.11.2025 15:26 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
If this was connected to age verification systems we would be so so many target's as many asylum seekers often conduct research online.
This is nothing short of technofacism.
I urge people to keep fighting Age verification in their countries,we can't let them tie these systems.
13.11.2025 15:23 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
List of contacts for AGE VERIFICATION communication
who to contact to make them aware of your opposition
π¨πΏπ¦Age Verification South Africa
Legislation with age verification is on the table Digital committee will continue talking about it's possible viability next term
make some noise
Contactππ¨ the committee with. Not to Age verification
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
#kosa
#osa
13.11.2025 07:29 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Update on 7 November 2025 lack of stream
Portfolio committee on communications and Digital technologies said in their minutes of the meeting that the program clashed with other schedules.
"Members agreed that meetings on 7 November,28 November and 5 December will be rescheduled for the next term"
11.11.2025 10:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The primary concern for segregate and suppress laws(age verification) is the invasive ways it need to do it
Credit card
Government ID
Face scans
Face scans as seen here,imagine a state linking online activities with offline age verification.
Call and email and send they remove age verification.
10.11.2025 14:44 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Comments on mandatory reporting is really interesting.
Particularly the issues around multiple stake holders on how children may be apprehensive around informing adults about their abuse.
Alot to dissect on how many children don't have access to sexual abuse information.
10.11.2025 10:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, 10 November 2025
YouTube video by Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
Portfolio committee on Women,youth and persons with disabilities 10 November 2025.
Good discussion on child saftey and it's approaches,taking notes on how their proposal may be derailed by age verification being proposed for south Africa
Worth taking notes
www.youtube.com/live/apcWFkI...
10.11.2025 10:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Many members of the team have a mastadon and we have been considering a instance for long term decentralized communications.
Get on mastadon,but please not they can still region block.
08.11.2025 15:51 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
πΏπ¦Age verification south Africa
Never believe yourself exempt from such a reality,look at the UK,look at the calls to de-anonyomize journalists in the Us the removal of foreigners for non American aligning beliefs and statements.
contact , No to AV
noageverifiactionsa.substack.com/p/list-of-co...
08.11.2025 04:46 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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