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Age Verification is Now Mutating into General ID (www.freezenet.ca)
submitted 1 day ago by Gnergy@piefed.europe.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Surveillance creep is once again striking in the age verification debate. This is happening at the FCC this time.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago

The author gives the situation benefit of the doubt that it does not deserve. It is not "mutating" or "creeping;" the ABSOLUTELY INTENTIONAL, ORIGINAL PURPOSE is simply now becoming more and more obvious, even to the people who desperately want to pretend it isn't happening.