Ben O'Mara

[Sam @SamCKx]

The biggest lie being spread about age verification is that it’s some backdoor for the government to see everything you do online.

That’s simply not how modern age verification works.

I’ve worked with KYC, AML and age verification systems for years. In nearly all cases, the age check acts as a gatekeeper. It confirms you’re old enough to access a service, then keeps that information ring-fenced within a secure, encrypted system. The website gets a “yes” or “no” answer. It doesn’t suddenly hand the government a list of every site you visit or every video you watch.

The entire point of modern verification technology is to prove eligibility while sharing as little personal information as possible. In many systems, even the verification provider itself has extremely limited access to user data.

People are entitled to debate whether age verification laws are a good idea. But the claim that verifying your age for a website automatically creates a government surveillance database of your browsing history is misinformation from people who either don’t understand the technology or are deliberately trying to create outrage.

Argue the policy if you want. Just argue the reality, not the conspiracy theories.

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@rustyrockets It just isn’t true though. With the latest iOS update Apple automatically verified I was over 18 by how old my Apple ID is. I’m sure you know this too.

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@RickOShea54321 Did he want her to say people that paint roundabouts and shout at hotels?

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@TOTDevils From ChatGPT: According to historical season data, the last time Manchester United played only 40 competitive matches in a season was the 1906‑07 season. In that campaign they played exactly 40 competitive games across all recognised competitions.

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@CinemaTweets1 Oz is the OG

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@Ankaman616 have you dared check the table?

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@CCfunkandsoul ‘It’s too late to stop Now’ - Van Morrison

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@OfficialFPL Important player auction happening at 2pm so hopefully very soon!

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@rogerlee004 Perhaps because they had the children before they became financially unstable?

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@NagleBall @AvaSantina Glad someone else noticed!

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@RuthBadleyPR @StephB_BTR Jacket weather in Lille

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@AndyMitten @TheAthletic @ianirving_ @Ankaman616 @lauriewhitwell Props to you all for recording it. I can’t face it though!

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@Baddiel

[Matthew Stanger @MatthewStanger]

Why does AC Milan’s new kit have the players’ names in inverted commas, as though they’re not actually called that

[Wayne Barton @WayneSBarton]

Twenty years.

426 games for @ManUtd. 138 goals.

Five major trophies.

60 @England caps. Goals in major international tournaments.

A boy who became a man who used his profile to change national policy so children didn’t go hungry.

@MarcusRashford we are all proud of you
♥️👏🏻

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@TheSopranosClub Bobby III’s best man

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@larrylamb47 Sobbed sobbed and sobbed again la x

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@georgegalloway It’s 17 degrees tomorrow

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

Nothing marks the passing of time for me as much as the ageing of Benny Fazio in Tulsa King

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@StephB_BTR @shirley_good @RuthBadleyPR @veallbagsetlist @Shirley82829043 @evatxudm See you all in Lille!

[Ben O'Mara @bjomara]

@RuthBadleyPR @shirley_good @veallbagsetlist @Shirley82829043 @evatxudm @StephB_BTR Going out on a limb that you watched this in French lessons