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'Anonymity Online Is Going to Die': What Age-Verification Laws Could Look Like in the U.S. (www.rollingstone.com)
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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I remember a time when a lot of Conservatives refused to participate in the census, due to a rock-solid insistence that the government had no right to even ask if they'd be willing to volunteer their personal information...and would probably threaten to shoot you, if you implied that it was mandatory.

Now, they want everyone online to upload their photo ID? What the fuck happened, man? How did we get from there, to here?

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 17 points 3 months ago

They are the party of "do as I say, not as I do." Total control freaks, the lot of them. That's why they refused to give up their info, but are just fine making everyone else do so.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Anonymity online is going to die

At least that means sites won't have the illusion of engagement when it's actually just a flood of bots talking to each other, right?

...Right?

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not if this goes accompanied with new laws that force consuming content or products from the favoured oligarchies.

After all, if they know what you are doing on the internet, they know you are not spending your money on the stuff they want. And once they can control that, it's over.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

More meshtashtic please?

Forum Over Radio?

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Lol

Lmao