I wonder who is behind this sudden push for these age verification laws. This wasn't an issue until recently and suddenly there are not just laws in California and Colorado, but also New York and Brazil.

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ycombinator_acc 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I got the impression they were kick-started by Anglo countries (the Five Eyes, whatever you wanna call them), then gradually picked up by the rest.

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merlindru 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

...and Australia, and New Zealand, and the UK, and Norway, and Spain, and France, and the EU

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Aldipower 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Social media age verification is absolutely not the same as age verification at OS login level. Do not mix the things up.

	▲	ycombinator_acc 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They are initiated by the same people - the government - and pursue the same goal - mass surveillance. They should 100% be fought against and grouped together.

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irusensei 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There is a nascent industry of AI backed surveillance now so you can be 200% sure a lot of lobbying happened in closed rooms.

And then there are the desperate attempts to cover actual pedophilia from the people in power. I'll never look at a politician or a so called member of the elites the same way again.