Age verification laws threaten internet freedom and anonymity, critics warn
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Summary
This article argues that age verification laws for social media, while framed as child safety measures, actually lay the groundwork for government-controlled internet surveillance and censorship. It criticizes big tech's surveillance-based business model and warns that mandatory ID verification for online access threatens anonymity, free expression, and the open nature of the internet.
Key quotes
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In reality, age verification lays the foundation for a fully government controlled internet.
The big tech social media companies are bad. Their business model is bad; it is based on mass surveillance and manipulation.
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