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Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet (nymag.com)
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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The real goal is to eliminate anonymity from the internet.

[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

It’s about control. They can grant you access or revoke it based on your id.

The powers at be hate that they can’t control the narrative as well as they used to so this is their solution.