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Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing

2026-07-01 05:28 UTC

Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing

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  • @LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2026-07-01 05:48

    It already passed the house, didn’t it?

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  • could kill whistleblowing The lawmakers in question:

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  • Online Age Verification Law Could Designed To Kill Whistleblowing FTFT. Don’t we all just love it when even (supposedly) “leftist” media uses such limpwristed and mealy-mouthed language?

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  • @OwOarchist@pawb.social 2026-07-01 08:17

    and require platforms to implement age verification technology for users accessing pornographic material, among other measures. This shit is a trojan horse. Because the next bill the Republicans push through will be to define anything LGBT+ as ‘pornographic’. So now they can block kids from accessing educational material and resources, and they can also start building a database of everyone in the country who’s LGBT+ … for reasons.

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  • @Hirom@beehaw.org 2026-07-01 08:31

    Requiring platforms to collect less data, not more, is a better approach.

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  • @bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 2026-07-01 10:45

    Mega archive link

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  • Use fake IDs, encourage people to use and make fake IDs. Share tools to make fake IDs. They need to know how stupid and overbearing said laws are. Bonus if you make said Fake IDs and their generation easily accessible to kids.

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  • @Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2026-07-01 10:33

    Anyone who thinks this shit is about “protecting children” is either hopelessly naive or wilfully ignorant.

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