Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribution of speech

4 hours ago

Age verification regulations in various countries are presented as protecting children but serve as a means to tie online speech to real identities.
Law enforcement seeks to determine 'what happened' and 'who did it', with age verification systems automating identity attribution from digital accounts to physical IDs.
Traditional methods like OSINT or subpoenas require effort and don't scale, while age verification allows quick, automated identification of individuals, regardless of criminal activity.
There is irony in elites pushing age verification to 'save the children' amid concerns about their own behaviors, suggesting potential hypocrisy.
Once widespread, such systems could lead to automated repercussions for inconvenient speech, similar to copyright enforcement letters from ISPs.
The advice is to avoid age verification, protect identity, and if necessary, use anonymous payment methods like Monero for verification services.

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