Post B4SewhbES5uYDLlErw by htpcnz@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B4SFmg1WxUQZZqBVTs 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 #B4SR3Lt8AqVRXxPSQy by clonedhuman@mastodon.social
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       @eff Any law claiming to 'protect children' that doesn't include more time off for parents, or more food, or easier access to education, or free daycare, or regular medical checkups, is a fascist power grab.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4SWLl4plF18eSTnzU by Sassinake@mastodon.social
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       @eff it also further 'domesticates' people into submissive 'adults', or full-grown 'minors' (who resist cooperation). either sub-category will be censored or rewarded differently.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4SewhbES5uYDLlErw by htpcnz@mastodon.social
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       @eff only world view that will be allowed is the right wing nonsense as it is the only protected free speech pretty much universally.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4StRgvyNJS4UB8Jvs by LanceJZ@mastodon.social
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       @eff control and data gathering.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4Tz2PbqRbosOj0WoK by NobodyElse47263@mastodon.social
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       @eff can we make more of the fact that creating OS level age identification signals allows children to be specifically targeted by malicious actors (best case scenarior being scammers due to children being more vulnerable to soceng, but also much worse cases eg roblox). The law being promoted as "protecting children" may actually put them in real danger.