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I've been thinking. Every mainstream social media is age verificated now. But sites such as SomethingAwful, 4chan and the Fediverse weren't. So why are we trying to populate it if the Fedi' was popular too, we would ALSO be verificated and spywared (made up this word for this post's sake)?

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[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 7 points 2 days ago

It wouldn't - it should already.

Why, you ask? Because these laws almost always appear to be first and foremost tools of surveillance and control, not for legitimate reasons, so everyone's in these laws' scopes. It's just easier to go for the bigger players first, or even the US companies as they need to respect the laws of countries they operate in by American law too.

Flying under the radar can only delay the problem so much, so if it concerns you, or whomever else for that matter, do push against these laws, and understand people need to be as resilient as those pushing in favor of these laws.

this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2026
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