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.
it’s just an attack on safe spaces for queer kids considering the internet was the first place i ever felt safe and comfortable to be myself.
Safe spaces for queer people existed before social media and before the average politician knew what the internet was.