Strongly starting to suspect this is the intended outcome

"Age verification is literally killing the ability for kids and teens to excitedly participate and learn cool stuff and learn how to have digital agency."

https://chaos.social/@SylvieLorxu/116549440329775404
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#AgeVerification #OnlineIDChecks #GateKeeping #DigitalAgency #RightToDiscover

Sylvia (@[email protected])

As someone who has been programming since being a young teenager, things like this make me enormously sad. If I was banned from being part of tech communities until the age of 16 or even 18 I would've never been able to learn all I did. I would've never been able to truly get into FOSS. I would've never had a chance to become who I now am. Age verification is literally killing the ability for kids and teens to excitedly participate and learn cool stuff and learn how to have digital agency.

chaos.social

If there's going to be a vote on those 19 online "safety" bills this week, then…

https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Phone (Capitol switchboard): 202-224-3121
https://www.badinternetbills.com/
https://5calls.org/
https://faxzero.com/

Tell your representatives to vote "NO" on them all.
#Section230 #OnlineIDChecks #KOSA #SCREENAct #TakeItDownAct #EARNITAct #CooperDavisAct #AgeGatingBills #STOPCSAMAct

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