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ICANN is Accepting Suggestions for new TLDs (for $227k) - what would you pick?
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2026
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That's a good suggestion, but unfortunately age verification is not about protecting the kids, it's about removing anonymity from online platforms and making sure that we can't exercise our right to speech online without risking government harassment.
Oh yeah and the advertisers don't want to pay to advertise to bots.
The idea would be to provide a "protect the kids" alternative that doesn't require global surveillance and privacy violations, so the next time they try to justify another rights violation to "protect the kids" they can be pointed to the sane alternative, and (hopefully) they'll run out of excuses.
I mean, one would wish it'll play out like that, though I have some doubts. Somehow excuses seem to be always found.
They'll just start using the other classic excuse of "preventing terrorism" instead in the case that "protect the children" no longer works.
If you're against mass surveillance, you must be pro-terrorism, right?