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Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK (www.techradar.com)
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[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

ah from shady porn sites, like spotify and wikipedia. definitely protect kids from porn there. /s

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So I feel like I'm now hearing more successful pushes for censorship through this stuff.

Just last week I learned how Texas has a bill that makes it so if anyone ever invested in green technology that they wouldn't be allowed

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/24/texas-boycott-companies-fossil-fuels/

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I saw a post saying /r/period required an age check.

They're gonna censor as much as they can with this.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Ah, yes. As we all know, periods start at 18, when you're a legal adult. It's illegal to have periods before then

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

That makes no sense, surely everyone has invested in green energy through workplace retirement plans, no?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is wikipedia on the list? I see reddit is, lol. We might see an influx soon.

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

not yet, but the wikimedia foundation has been fighting against it expecting that it would be a class 1 site and require it.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We have to protect wikipedia

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago

Here's one way to help: https://kiwix.org/en/about-us/#our-story

Download Wikipedia to your own device. If it's ever blocked or taken down you still have access and can help share information with others.

You can download different versions (e.g. without images) and different languages based on your needs.

There's other resources available via kiwix as well but I've not really explored them to be honest