The UK government is implementing a social media ban for under-16s enforced through mandatory age verification requiring all British adults to provide ID to access large internet sections. The Electronic Frontier Foundation warns this mass surveillance approach will harm youth by cutting access to community, educational resources, and distant family while storing identity data with inadequately secured third-party services. Technically inclined youth will likely circumvent restrictions through VPNs and other workarounds, inadvertently training a generation of future software developers in circumvention techniques.
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