Send us a text Back to the week of news! On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth , Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting , and Dr. K Royal discuss the topics of the week, Age Verification, Technical controls vs Educational controls, Freedom of speech and censorship, Greek, Italian and ICO enforcement, and yet more data breaches! Sources: https://spectrum.ieee.org/online-safety-kids-ieee-standard https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-verification-whats-the-harm/ (NSFW) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4wy21dwkwo https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-could-be-scanning-your-chats-by-october-2025-heres-everything-we-know https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2025/greek-sa-imposition-fine-association-transmission-sensitive-data-failure_en https://nos.nl/artikel/2578338-datahack-bij-laboratorium-veel-groter-deel-gegevens-op-dark-web https://www.courthousenews.com/family-sues-roblox-discord-over-kidnapping-of-10-year-old-girl/ If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email
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