cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49729865
However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.
We’ve seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance.
What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the world are adopting it and how it’s happening in 20+ countries in parallel.
It’s like they’re all in a group chat, fast-tracking this before resistance can even form.
They are going to outlaw VPNs and Tor next.
What’s the source? VPN is used by almost all large corporations on an international scale.
The source is simply how other countries are already doing it: blocking known VPN and mandating use of backdoored official VPN. Damage to economy doesn’t matter.
won’t surprise me if they push for identification to use VPNs. Corporations won’t complain. They don’t use VPNs for anonymity but security.
Not just ID, they want to read the cleartext, too.
of course they do.