"How does one prove that you are an adult? People are really worried this is Digital ID by the back door" - Zia Yusuf

We are told this is about "protecting children from social media"

But the practical direction of travel points somewhere else:

Access to services will depend on proving age or identity, and anonymous users - if they are not shut out entirely - will increasingly be treated as suspect

#together

Does a "social media ban" really mean ID checks for everyone?

Just one question explored in our fascinating in-depth interview with Jen Persson
of Defend Digital Me 👇

https://youtu.be/8hRn9CzaDhE

We discuss age verification, social media restrictions, digital ID, children's data, parental responsibility and the future of online freedom in the UK

SOCIAL MEDIA 'BAN': "What it will actually mean is that we have to digitally verify ourselves in order to participate" (Alan Miller)

Do not allow this government to impose Digital ID verification through Big Tech on us all

Stand #together

ONE LOGIN: "This will be worse than Horizon scandal" (David Davis MP)

"The entire population's data will be open to malevolent actors, foreign nations, ransomware criminals, hackers, their enemies... (One Login is) scandalously insecure"

One Login is steadily bringing more personal information into one place and has expanded across 200+ government services already - while grave security concerns persist 'National Audit Office'

Signal threatens to pull out of UK over Starmer's new "mass surveillance" phone screening plans

Clip - Bloomberg - Meredith Whittaker

NET ZERO: "We are heading for a crisis"

"By 2030, we should probably expect not to be able to keep the lights on when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining"

Net Zero Watch (Andrew Montford)

#NoToNetZero

What Is the NHS Federated Data Platform - and Why Is It So Controversial?

The NHS, Palantir, and the Data Platform Most People Have Never Heard Of 👇
https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Inside-FDP-part-1-Understanding-the-problems-facing-NHS-data

Child safety starts with parents, not the state.

Children do not independently acquire smartphones.

These devices are bought, configured, and managed by parents or carers.

No child enters the online world without an adult making that decision first.

And parents already have tools available to them.

A parent who wants a child-lock on a phone can switch one on today. For free. It is already built into modern devices. Screen-time limits, app restrictions, and content filters exist right now and are widely available.

Despite this, what is now being proposed is a shift towards mandatory, system-wide enforcement built into every device, and applied to every user.

⚠️ A “social media ban” sounds like it’s about children.

But the systems behind it could mean all of us having to prove who we are before using parts of the internet.

What starts as age checks could become a system where ordinary people are identified, tracked and monitored just to find information, speak, share and take part online.

Don’t let age checks become Digital ID by the back door.

The open internet has given ordinary people the power to learn, create, organise, challenge those in power and speak freely.

That freedom is now under threat.

Support the call:
dontidtheinternet.com

#DontIDTheInternet

NET ZERO: British farmers and families to be squeezed after Miliband accepts Climate Change Committee's "carbon budget"

Net Zero is now intruding into the minutiae of our lives

Time for it to go

#NoToNetZero

DIGITAL ID: "Please DO NOT comply"

"We're fighting for our children's futures"

Powerful speech by Paul Frew (DUP) at our #ScrapDigitalID Belfast rally

NET ZERO: "Miliband is coming for your electric towel rail in Net Zero drive - as critics brand move 'Soviet'"

#NoToNetZero

"People are waking up... there has been a massive change in how people view the mainstream media" (Matt Le Tissier)

We must continue to work #together and create the change we want to see

It's up to us

SECURITY: From banking to social media, passwords protect almost everything online. But how long should your password be, and how much difference does it make to your security?

Naomi Brockwell explains

#Privacy

DIGITAL ID: "Scope creep of national IDs is not a 'conspiracy theory'... it has already happened"

Jen Persson of 'Defend Digital Me' at our #ScrapDigitalID Rally in London on 25 April

4 ways to protect kids online - without government interference🔒

1. Does every child need a device at all?
If you decide they do, a simple call & text phone may be enough. If internet access is needed, use smartphones with parental controls or monitored devices. Guidance is available from Protect Young Eyes.

2. Parental controls:
YouTube uses Family Link/YouTube Kids, Instagram has private teen accounts and Family Centre, TikTok uses Family Pairing, WhatsApp only offers privacy settings, and Facebook uses privacy settings plus Family Centre tools.

3. Parental controls (on devices):
Use Microsoft Family Safety on Windows, Screen Time on Apple devices, and Content & Privacy Restrictions on phones. Turn on Safe Search or use child‑friendly search engines like Kiddle.

4. Restrict incoming content:
Most home routers let you block adult or unsafe sites for every device by using parental, control settings or adding sites to a blocklist.

#Privacy

The “Under-16 Social Media Ban” consultation started half-way to its conclusion

"Across the three surveys, the exercise does not simply ask what people think, it increasingly defines the terms on which thinking is permitted."

Our article from 24 May⬇️
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/05/24/theres-nothing-neutral-about-the-governments-social-media-ban-consultation/

"We believe in humanity’s capacity to make the world a better place" (Frank Furedi)

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DIGITAL ID: "Undemocratic idealistic crackpot policies"

Donald C MacLeod MBE at our #ScrapDigitalID Rally in Scotland Edinburgh outside Holyrood

One Login has quietly expanded across 200+ government services - with more planned

Expansion must not continue without proper parliamentary scrutiny and safeguards for privacy and civil liberties

Why is a system of this significance being allowed to scale to millions of people without full public debate & scrutiny?

SOCIAL MEDIA 'BAN':

"It's about controlling and censoring us... using the death of our children to pass laws to censor the public"

Mark Kenevan, whose 13 year old son Isaac died after a "TikTok challenge" with powerful message