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Online age checks: do not use personal information & third party perform checks

Submitted by Rose Dickson on Wednesday 16th July 2025

Published on Tuesday 26th August 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 26th February 2026

Signatures: 106

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Tagged with

age checks ~ Banks ~ checks ~ Children ~ Danger ~ Face ~ Freedom ~ Freedom of Speech ~ history ~ ID ~ Internet ~ Media ~ Prevent ~ PRIVACY ~ Safety ~ Sake ~ security ~ Social media ~ The Internet

Petition Action

Online age checks: do not use personal information & third party perform checks

Petition Details

1) Prevent social media from requesting personal information (bank details and face ID).

2) Require age checks to be performed by a secure third party, to prevent the storage of personal information by unsecured websites.

Additional Information

We think social media's encroaching invasion of privacy is dangerous for both adults and children. We think being asked to provide your bank details, credit history, face, or ID is a danger to the security of all internet users, but especially to children.

We think it is vital that new legislation does not make it impossible to navigate the internet anonymously, both for the sake of safety, but also for the sake of freedom of speech.


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