The EFF believes the ends (freedom) justify the means (access to everything good and bad for everyone). Governments are pragmatic, not fundamentalist.

This article addresses the technological flaws in age verification, then says “but even if there were, broad restrictions on social media will inevitably limit access to lawful speech, and valuable online communities, and arts and culture.”

If the EFF care about freedom above all else (a reasonable position) muddying the waters with half-baked age verification isn’t perfect arguments is just sloppy.

Why does the freedom matter above all else? That’s what voters need to be convinced of.

> Why does the freedom matter above all else? That’s what voters need to be convinced of.

Because without freedom, you cannot really have anything else. You are a slave. Is that really what you want to be? Or how we want children to be raised?