Sparrow

I need to make a correction: we do not actually know whether Oak is funded solely by Alan and his family, as the foundation is based in Switzerland and its funding sources are not fully transparent.

Apologies for the earlier error.

Thanks to the FEC and OpenSecrets we’re able to find who’s lobbying and funding the age verification laws.

Interestingly enough it turns out the same entities are the largest funders of the UK Online Safety Act, California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code, Digital Age Assurance Act and New York’s SAFE for Kids Act. so here it is:

Oak Foundation funds:

• 5Rights Foundation (they run the Kids Code Coalition and are UK based)
• Fairplay
• Common Sense Media

Oak Foundation is funded solely by Alan M. Parker the British billionaire who co-founded Duty Free Shoppers.

Common Sense Media (one of Oak’s funded orgs) is also independently funded by:

• Bezos Family Foundation
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)
• Gates Foundation
• Dell Foundation
• Craig Newmark Philanthropies
• Hewlett Foundation
• Tom Steyer / Kat Taylor

Combined, the funding flowing into this advocacy ecosystem exceeds $100M/year.

Now you know.

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Been seeing a lot of misleading claims from ID and age verification vendors lately. Let's be clear.

- Client-side only face scan
- Client-side only ID info extraction
- Client-side only image to info comparison
- Client-side only integrity witness
- Server-side only gets 18+ or no (no other data, hash, or telemetry)

If the implementation deviates from that at any step, the privacy claim is marketing, not architecture.

The technical bar exists. It can be met and would satisfy all; UK, American, and Australian laws even on browsers. it's just inconvenient to meet it.

#privacy #ageverify #infosec #security #uk #linux #California #colorado