So that's why they are lobbying for age verification, i.e ID verification?

Meta is lobbying for age verification because it helps provide an institutional moat for them against the open web.

	▲	barbazoo 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Could you elaborate? I thought Meta wants to put the burden onto the platform, i.e. Apple and Google, is what they are lobbying for. https://pluribusnews.com/news-and-events/meta-lobbies-for-ap... What is the institutional moat?

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dathinab 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

no age verification is not ID verification

through meta might have lobbied on both

but they lobby for specific (often pretty bad) forms of age verification to be able to

- spy on people better

- have a regulatory moat where due to beady designed laws new alternatives have a much higher hurdle/initial investments and in turn never get anywhere