"The proposed laws hammer Apple’s App Store and Google Play with compliance requirements but reportedly spare social media platforms [...] a competitive strategy that shifts liability from platforms to operating system makers."

https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-behind-metas-2b-lobbying-for-invasive-age-verification-tech

#AgeVerification #surveillance #lobbying

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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@AimeeMaroux so basically making it harder for whistleblowers or journalists to share information anonymously, and that's just one example of the repercussions of these types of policies.