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 (DIR) Post #B4Dvh17osAZRzKi9M8 by eff@mastodon.social
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       What’s at stake in the fight against age verification is not just a single bill in a single state. It’s about whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control online that reinforces specific moral and religious worldviews. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/rep-finke-was-right-age-gating-isnt-about-kids-its-about-control
       
 (DIR) Post #B4E0c79dWna30j2hO4 by Sassinake@mastodon.social
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       @eff If you won't surrender your data to dubious 3rd parties on the way to (repressive) govt, you are kept back as a minor, or a child, with all the restrictions that implies. Not just access to porn, but access to information, and eventually financial transactions. you are infantilized... to protect children.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4EHoyYqUIwlLOYJPM by Karma_J@mastodon.social
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       @eff https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/25/hackers-expose-the-massive-surveillance-stack-hiding-inside-your-age-verification-check/In 2,456 publicly accessible files, the code revealed the extensive surveillance Persona software performs on its users, bundled in an interface that pairs facial recognition with financial reporting – and a parallel implementation that appears designed to serve federal agencies.