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Lawmakers across the country (United States) are trying to protect kids by age-gating parts of the internet.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This starts with some ambiguous "protecting the children" from porn argument to eventually requiring everyone to be "verified" with a digital ID before they can set foot on a highly controlled internet (or worse). We're already seeing increasing glimpses of this and it's in the government's and big tech's interest.

I'm so tired of the constant barrage of shit from all directions. This isn't the beautiful future of humanity I imagined as a kid. No one will look out for us except for us, the actual people that these out of touch rich and powerful high society clowns try to control and keep occupied with stupid culture wars amongst each other, or placate with bread and circus. Enough already ffs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that's already the case in South Korea, having to use your real identity online in certain cases. We can't let it expand worldwide.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

China too. Everything is tied to your phone number