Age gating the internet is not about protecting kids. It's entirely about creating an ID barrier for everyone as a form of tracking and privacy invasion putting our data in the hands of private companies that have already proven insecure.
This only hyperfuels scammers and makes everyone less safe.
I would hate to end up more provincial than those who raised me.
the other day someone was admiringly discussing the tenacious unicorn ranch and i couldnt help myself from being like hey did you know they were mostly just buying shitty plates and guns and toys and antagonizing the locals while neglecting their animals
I need more friends around the world.
This piece has some good coverage of how these "trigger events" become far right extremist rallying points, tying this latest iteration to ongoing/past pogroms
How did air conditioning become a heated debate? ft.trib.al/DxkVNAF | opinion
We’ll likely never know (or at least not for a very long time), but the fact that 4 out of the 5 Eyes countries are adopting age restrictions on online activity is probably connected to the utility to their spy agencies of the inevitable precursor: digital identities & age verification.