Age verification measures criticized as surveillance, not child protection
By
Karl Drinkwater
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Summary
The article argues that government efforts to implement age verification and ID systems are not genuinely about protecting children, but rather about removing anonymity for surveillance purposes. The author claims politicians are lying about their motives and are actually protecting wealthy abusers rather than children.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWhether it is ID cards or age verification, the reasons given by the proponents are never the true ones, 'It's about protecting children,' they lie.
If politicians really cared about that then they wouldn't suck up to Trump, technocrats, Epstein's ultra-rich customers and other paedophiles.
That's the sure sign that this is about protecting the billionaire abusers, not children.
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