Taylor LorenzMar 2
I have a piece out in The Guardian today on how the internet is becoming a fully surveilled digital panopticon and why we need to fight back
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/02/ban-children-social-media-biometic-data-surveilled
The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all

Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

The Guardian
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@taylorlorenz I would also add to this the California law that will mandate operative systems to have a personal account synced.
So, not only to be online but they even want to control and record who uses which computer.

That's the most outrageous thing I've ever seen.

Mar 2 at 8:12pmWeb