Topic: behavioral profiling
Behavioral profiling involves the monitoring and analysis of user data to predict behaviors, often leading to invasive surveillance practices. Recent laws and technologies aimed at age verification exemplify how platforms are pressured to surveil users, raising significant concerns about privacy and individual liberties. Such measures not only compromise user anonymity but also pave the way for broader censorship and control over online expression.
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Minnesota Law Requires Platforms to Monitor and Age-Estimate All Users
Minnesota just mandated that platforms spy on every user to figure out which ones are kids.
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South Carolina’s New Social Media Law Puts Every User Under Age Surveillance
A bill sold as child protection builds the legal framework for surveilling every user in the state.
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OpenAI’s AI Age Prediction System Turns Age Verification into Widespread User Surveillance
Age checks are becoming the new frontier of surveillance, where protecting minors and profiling users now operate through the same…
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The Friendly Face of the Surveillance Machine
The ritual proves that surveillance doesn’t need to hide, it just needs better design.
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Age Verification Lobby Pushes For Age Verification Checks For VPN Use
Privacy tools are being rebranded as loopholes in need of closure.