"The technical mechanism most commonly proposed for age verification is, depending on the specific implementation, either a government-issued identity document uploaded to a third-party verification service, or a biometric check, or a credit card confirmation, all of which require an individual to associate their real identity with their browsing behaviour before their connection is permitted. This is, it should be noted, structurally identical in concept to the white SIM architecture Iran formally institutionalised in July 2025: a system in which your identity, as documented and approved by a central authority, determines what you are permitted to access on the internet and under what conditions."—Keystone Collective @TheKeystoneCollective
The internet kill switch Iran built while the west was busy debating age verification >
https://www.keystone-collective.org/the-internet-kill-switch-iran-built-while-the-west-was-busy-debating-age-verification/
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