Age verification laws are really just censorship mandates clothed as child…
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Age verification laws are really just censorship mandates clothed as child safety proposals—here’s why. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/rep-finke-was-right-age-gating-isnt-about-kids-its-about-control
Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control
What’s at stake is whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control over the internet to enforce specific moral and religious judgments—judgments that deny marginalized people access to speech, community, history, and truth—into law.
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@eff says who? pedo you?
@eff don't worry, once passed same people will say any right wing content must be exempted because otherwise it is trampling on rotten free peaches...
@eff Just hoping that a Greens/Independant government here in Australia (I can dream) will quietly just reverse all the legislation.
@eff
We’re restricting children’s access to the Internet so that TechBros’ platforms can run amok with no regulation.
I think we’re tackling the symptom, not the disease.
#OSA