| ▲ | bargainbin 4 days ago |
| What if the user is another machine? Sorry, my API won’t talk to another API unless it’s old enough to drink. How do we still have no people in government with basic computer literacy? |
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| ▲ | miohtama 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's the opposite. This is for mass surveillance. Politicians love control and silencing anon Twitter critics. |
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| ▲ | sheept 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | How is all the tracking we have today not already sufficient for mass surveillance? What does age verification add if the goal is just more surveillance? | | |
| ▲ | miohtama 4 days ago | parent [-] | | All Internet users will be verified. No going online without a government issued id. It's not about verifying the age. | | |
| ▲ | IAmGraydon 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I hate to say it and it's not the future we all wanted, but as long as social media can be weaponized by foreign powers, the only solution is verifying internet users. It's inevitable. | | |
| ▲ | chainingsolid 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I doubt it's the only option, just one with benefits to those with interest to censor and control others. I imagine some more tweaks in the algorithms could do quite a bit. |
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| ▲ | ranger_danger 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | > This is for mass surveillance Source: | | |
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| ▲ | Cider9986 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > no people in government with basic computer literacy?
There are a few. See Wyden, Markey. |
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| ▲ | tzs 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Where does this bill say it applies in that situation? |
