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

@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

@eff Its not JUST about control, its also about making it so that advertisers can have a way to tell who the humans are, think about it, would meta and them all WANT to age gate when they know their product is addicting to children? Of course not, they just see the writing on the wall when it comes to the dead internet. Imagine how much more they will be able to charge for ID verified impressions and ad views.