{"id":133572,"date":"2024-09-16T17:25:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/posts\/133572\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T11:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:04:04","slug":"open-letter-the-dangers-of-age-verification-proposals-to-fundamental-rights-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/posts\/133572\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter: The dangers of age verification proposals to fundamental rights online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"feed-shared-update-v2__description-wrapper  mr2\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"feed-shared-inline-show-more-text\n        feed-shared-update-v2__description feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--minimal-padding\n\n        feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--3-lines\n        feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--expanded\n\n        \" tabindex=\"-1\" data-artdeco-is-focused=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"break-words\n          tvm-parent-container\"><span dir=\"ltr\">Today, Homo Digitalis joined EDRi and other 62 organisations and experts urge the <a class=\"app-aware-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/european-commission\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">European Commission<\/a> to halt proposals for using age verification tools when implementing DigitalServicesAct and eIDAS.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence and lived experiences show these tools are dangerous, discriminatory and unsafe:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"break-words\n          tvm-parent-container\"><span dir=\"ltr\">-Exclusive: Document-based verification excludes those without IDs, worsening the digital divide<br \/>\n-Invasive: Their \u2018accuracy\u2019 relies on processing vast amounts of personal data, threatening our right to online anonymity<br \/>\n-Pose privacy risks: Age estimation methods often use sensitive data like biometrics, which are prone to errors &amp; bias.<br \/>\n-Discriminatory: Biometric-based approaches can be biased, based on gender, race, or disability.<\/p>\n<p>Age Verification tools aren&#8217;t a silver bullet for addressing children&#8217;s needs online. Read more in the open letter <a href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/open-letter-the-dangers-of-age-verification-proposals-to-fundamental-rights-online\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;] Today, Homo Digitalis joined EDRi and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":133569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,87],"tags":[458,459,538,860,900,901],"class_list":["post-133572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actions","category-reports","tag-privacy-en","tag-internet","tag-children","tag-personal-data-protection","tag-online-anonymity","tag-age-verification-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133572"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133574,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133572\/revisions\/133574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}