The goal isn't to protect children,
the goal is to de-anonymize every comment and action on the internet, associating it with a legal ID, by eventually requesting official identification from every adult using a computer.

Some politicians have already stated this plainly.

This leads to censorship of anyone criticizing their government.

This leads to repression of marginalized people, especially immigrants, people of color, and trans and gender diverse people.

This leads to self-censorship of any comments or actions that could be interpreted against the system. Such as speaking out against fascism and authoritarian surveillance, or defending human rights publicly.

This leads to total control of the population and its tools of communications.

This leads to the end of democracy, centralizing power even more in the hands of a few.

Do not let them do this to us.

#MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #Authoritarianism #HumanRights

@Em0nM4stodon The craziest thing to me is that there is no way a thing like this wouldn't ultimately hurt children far more than anything they are *claiming* it supposedly prevents.

Like how does that not just automatically become a deal killer for all these bills?

@nazokiyoubinbou @Em0nM4stodon Remember, these creeps want to KILL those kids who happen to be LGBTQ.
@LukefromDC @Em0nM4stodon Oh don't misunderstand. I don't mean the ones pushing these bills forward. I mean basically everyone else but them. All the people who actually foolishly believe this is all to somehow help children and not, you know, getting a bunch of kids and adults hurt or killed.