Just been reading up on the proposed UK social media ban for under 16's.

As far as I can tell, this means that these companies (mostly US based of course) will need to gather id's from all users (likely passport, credit card, driving licence etc) ... such data has already been hacked in the Australian age verification checks (theguardian.com/media/2025/oct…).

I would seriously recommend to NEVER share such personal id's to such untrusted sites (government / trusted financial companies is about it).

So when the ban comes in, either stop using them or ask a child how to get around the age checks.

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