Improving safety or a slippery slope into censorship?
Free speech advocates argue that simple verification on the interenet is a fool's effort and worry the increasing adoption of internet age-gate laws will enable the censorship of a broad range of information in the name of protecting kids from online harm.
They also worry these types of laws will allow tech behemoths to actively surveil users' actions and ultimately make the internet more exploitative rather than safer. https://www.wired.com/story/age-verification-is-sweeping-the-us-activists-are-fighting-back/ #Internet #AgeGate #AgeVerification #Privacy #DataPrivacy #DemocraticFreedom #FirstAmendment #DigitalRights #OnlineSafety #Security
