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@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer · 4 days ago

🌐 With the introduction of #ageverification laws in many U.S. states, these systems use automated scanning to verify the authenticity and legitimacy of your ID.

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender and gender diverse people from Kansas will effectively have to out themselves to every platform that requires age verification. This is sensitive information that many #trans people guard closely, as being outed publicly can put them at risk of violence and harassment. ‼️

https://www.theverge.com/policy/892075/age-verification-kansas-id-trans

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The Verge

‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet

Automated online ID checking systems add new potential dangers to having a mismatching ID.

ℂ𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖@world: /# :blinking_cursor:

@celeste_42bit@infosec.exchange replied · 3 days ago

@privacyguides there is no "COULD force trans people to out themselves". The system is specifically designed to do so. The cruelty is the point. This was never about protecting children, but always has been a lame excuse for mass surveillance and mass targeting of dissidents. Age verification is a fascist tool to systematically identify and break people who oppose them. It's a tool straight out of Orwells worst nightmares.

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@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer replied · 4 days ago

🤖 Automated systems meant to spot inconsistencies in identity documents may pose challenges for transgender individuals whose appearances don’t align with outdated gender markers on their ID.

These systems have already shown bias against people of color and gender-diverse individuals. This could create additional hurdles for marginalized communities that often find refuge in online environments. 🏳️‍⚧️

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3274357

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Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

The Misgendering Machines: Trans/HCI Implications of Automatic Gender Recognition: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: Vol 2, No CSCW

Automatic Gender Recognition (AGR) is a subfield of facial recognition that aims to algorithmically identify the gender of individuals from photographs or videos. In wider society the technology has proposed applications in physical access control, data ...

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