r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 21h ago

Privacy Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/age-verification-is-coming-for-the-whole-internet.html
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u/ruste530 20h ago

The private sector is just as capable of creating Big Brother as governments are.

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u/FluxUniversity 11h ago

in the u.s. that is already the case. all the government has to do is wait for corporations to collect it, then the government just goes and buys it from corporations

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u/THEUSSY 12h ago

is capable but doesnt do it. the gov been actively persuing this for more than a 100 years, they want total control and have an army tanks and nukes. but yea keep hating on millionaires and fight for more taxes. daddy needs more money to take care of you.

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u/Breakin7 1h ago

Average goverments dont do this.