People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin
His earlier words did not age well
this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2026
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I'm only surprised they've taken this long to get anonymity removed from the internet. Using kids as the lever isn't surprising either.
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That's the goal.
The positive thing about age checks is the technology that will come out to by pass the system.
I'm working on ways it right now. Aliexpress wants me to do a face check for some items. I've been a customer long enough to have been born and become a legal adult as a customer!
They don't want my face for verification. It's an excuse to feed their AI, which is already scary good at voice.
Could? Will.
I other words, a pipe dream for the likes of weird freaks like Yarvin and Thiel and Musk and Zuck and Bezos and Ellison...
I'd be ok with age verification if it can be done in an anonyomous way.
Nym's coconut credentials could do this.
https://constructiveproof.com/posts/2020-03-24-nym-credentials-overview/
Of course the people pushing for this won't try to do it that way because protecting the children isn't really their motive. Surveillance is and something like coconut creds would render that moot.
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i've been wanting to quit internet anyway...