• Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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      They’re doing the double whammy. Mandatory sign-in (even on old.reddit) and any account they can’t estimate as belonging to an adult through their use of invasive spy metrics and AI will be forced to do age verification.

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      I mean, they’re required by the law in certain countries. With their size, there’s no way around that.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        which is pushed by the same companies that wanted it in the first place, Meta is one of the oens behind the push for age verification

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          Yes, it’s no coincidence these laws started popping up globally since the trump administration entered office

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        Im going to lift my shaft and take a front shot photo of my nutsack to send to Spez Reddit before i give in to age verification