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Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech. Reddit researcher exposes Meta’s $2B campaign to force Apple and Google into building surveillance systems while exempting its own platforms
https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-behind-metas-2b-lobbying-for-invasive-age-verification-tech

Meta is pure evil who is pushing age verification laws to benefits from surveillance tech.

Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech

Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance requirements.

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Show threadkronos238h ago
@nixCraft easy, don't use their services anymore and use free and decentralized platforms and end of the problem 
Show threadFelis_Catus_Domesticus5h ago
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Show threadPasswordsarehard47h ago
@nixCraft yeah, that makes sense. They can shift liability from the apps to the devices that access them. They are a software company that dabbles in hardware, if successful they save on development and (more importantly) legal fees every year on most of thier product line. $2B sounds like a lot but class action lawsuits for child exploitation can get expensive quick. This way the phone has the legal responsibility to protect you.
Show threadFelis_Catus_Domesticus5h ago
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Show threadJustin Derrick5h ago

@nixCraft So this is Meta’s response to ad blockers and JavaScript blockers and cookie blockers and privacy-centric browsers…

Cut through all the bullshit and get directly to your government-issued identification to extract your demographics (if not your full and real identity)… so they can increase the cost of ads and target you as an individual - not just a profile of interests.