Mastodawn

Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act

https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_b...

https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

I know most of this affects only the US, but I'm wondering where this will go in the EU if the Age Verification Tech goes ahead in America. There's been lots of efforts to increase surveillance disguised as protection for kids in the EU and UK.

The Swiss implementation of eID may be hint that governments may/will take the responsibility to implement and maintain the tech, but the multiple intrusions and lobbying by Palantir and friends in the EU gives me the ick.

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jwr Mar 17

The EU, unfortunately, has shown to be very susceptible to this kind of lobbying in the past. We regularly see legislation that is being rammed and rushed through in spite of vocal opposition. I would be very, very worried. (EU citizen)

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bootsmann

The Swiss eID is designed the way it is to comply with the EUs digital ID proposal so I wouldn't doom this early.

(this one: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eudi-regul...)

European Digital Identity (EUDI) Regulation

The European Digital Identity (EUDI) Regulation will revolutionise digital identity in the EU by enabling the creation of a universal, trustworthy, and secure European digital identity wallet.

Shaping Europe’s digital future