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I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills (www.reddit.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by ikidd@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev
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God, I hate posting a Reddit comment, but this is huge. Every claim is sourced (I have not verified personally).

Edit: Well, Reddit does what reddit does, it's been removed. Here is a github link: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/985257

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[-] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Social media is optional. Quit relying so much on the internet for entertainment. Sail the high seas. Arr.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Wish the platform owners didn't make enough money shearing sheep that they can use it to fuck it up for the rest of us.

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