PSA b/c i keep meeting people who don't know about it: Consent-o-Matic auto-clicks your GDPR preferences so you don't have to do it manually. It even works most of the time! github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic
Jan 4, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Government to ease data consent rules for AI development | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
To accelerate artificial intelligence development, the government plans to relax consent requirements for access to personal information while introducing tougher penalties for intentional misuse.
Astral's Blog
On July 8, Anthropic's updated privacy policy takes effect. Users flagged for potential policy violations will be required to upload a government ID, a selfie or video, and a face geometry template — biometric data processed through Persona, a third-party identity verification company backed by Founders Fund.
Roblox Requires Users Worldwide to Age-Check to Access Chat
Roblox’s Facial Age Estimation process protects user privacy, with all images deleted immediately after processing Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX), an immersive gaming and creation platform, announced that starting today, users in the U.S. will be required to complete an age check to chat with others. Over the next week, this requirement will roll out to all regions where chat is available. With this change, Roblox becomes the first large online gaming platform to require age checks for users of all ages to access chat. This marks an important investment in user safety and enables age-appropriate communication and limits conversations between adults and minors. Age groups shown are for Roblox chat. Age groups may vary by region and product. Roblox began requiring the age check for chat access in December in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, following its phased rollout announcement in November . To date, over 50% of daily active users in Australia, New Zealand, and the
EU Digital Wallet
Since there's a lot of discussion about age verification on various platforms -- like Ubuntu's Canonical^1 I just wanted to highlight one that is the least lame and the most privacy-preserving in exis
as a little pre-show surprise, here's an early draft of the permissioned data proposal! github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/pull…
Permissioned data by dholms · Pull Request #94 · bluesky-social/proposals
github.com
AT Protocol Developers
Don't forget, @dholms.at is joining us for the livestream TOMORROW for a permissioned data AMA.
as a little pre-show surprise, here's an early draft of the permissioned data proposal! github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/pull…
Permissioned data by dholms · Pull Request #94 · bluesky-social/proposals
github.comAT Protocol Developers
Don't forget, @dholms.at is joining us for the livestream TOMORROW for a permissioned data AMA.
I just migrated to @npmx.dev's PDS, hosted in Europe 🇪🇺 You know what that means? - GDPR now applies to my data! - As much as I trust Bluesky, we should encourage people to decentralize their data.
Me and @zicklag.dev have been having a closer look at the system sketched out in @dholms.at's Permissioned Data Diaries - we generally like it! And have some scenarios in mind that may be worth considering
Evaluating permissioned spaces for community contexts
meri.leaflet.pubAre you building on atproto? Wanna join a working group for a @lexicon.community lexicon that would allow users to express their consent in AI usage? Please join the conversation below I plan to do this in the blacksky.community settings to let users opt out of AI. It'd be better to interoperate.
The community.lexicon.preference.ai lexicon
discourse.atprotocol.communityHave just written up this proposal to standardise `prompt=create` as a part of AT Protocol's OAuth specification, since account registration is a critical component of growing the atmosphere: github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discus…
Proposal: OAuth-based account creation · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #4587
github.comWe're very pumped to announce that the reference PDS now has an account management page! atproto.com/blog/pds-account-management You can now manage permissions, update your password, or deactivate your account directly from your PDS, as a regular user — no command line tools or Bluesky interfaces required!
The Reference PDS Gets an Account Management Page
atproto.comCirrus PDS now support passkey auth. It was a bit of a puzzle adding it to a tool where where the admin is all CLI, but I'm really pleased with the flow I came up with. Give it a go! github.com/ascorbic/cirrus If you don't know what Cirrus is, it's a really easy way to host your own Bluesky data
Cirrus PDS now support passkey auth. It was a bit of a puzzle adding it to a tool where where the admin is all CLI, but I'm really pleased with the flow I came up with. Give it a go! github.com/ascorbic/cirrus If you don't know what Cirrus is, it's a really easy way to host your own Bluesky data
My atconf talk "Consent Before Cryptography" is up! 20 minutes on why building a social future people opt-into is building the future that will win. From FaceMash to the Germ Protocol, I think we're moving in the right direction. ✅ atmosphereconf.org/event/LZxV6dv
ATmosphereConf 2026
atmosphereconf.orgyou don't need privacy whois, european ccTLDs are protected by gdpr so your data isn't shown This is my referral: dynadot.com?s6n8t80364X7m8M
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www.dynadot.comICYMI: We have a new "AI Preferences" setting This allows you to announce to the entire ATmosphere network what you consent to regarding AI use of your public data. Other apps can see this but ~may not~ respect the settings We built this to give you a place to set these and will 100% respect them
