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In defending free speech, privacy, and the right of young people to access…

In defending free speech, privacy, and the right of young people to access truthful information about themselves, Rep. Leigh Finke was not radical—she was right. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/rep-finke-was-right-age-gating-isnt-about-kids-its-about-control

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Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control

When Rep. Leigh Finke spoke last month before the Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee to testify against HF1434, a broad-sweeping proposal to age-gate the internet, she began with something disarming: agreement.“I want to support the basic part of this,” she said, the shared goal...

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@eff TBF, anyone naive enough to believe that the age-gating thing was EVER about kids needs to wake the fuck up.

@eff more than that, it is about collecting data, and making your data vulnerable.