dcre8h ago
Aral Balkan

RE: https://mastodon.online/@jonsnow/116543576488098938

Don’t worry, it’s not authoritarian if Europe does it.

May 9 at 9:39amWeb
Show threadMalcontent Creator 3d ago
@aral well let them find out about tor by themselves
Show threadshadows3d ago
@geist @aral and fake mustaches (https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/some-kids-are-bypassing-age-verification-checks-with-a-fake-mustache/)
Some kids are bypassing age-verification checks with a fake mustache | TechCrunch

A new survey found that kids find it easy to bypass age checks, despite a rise in age-verification laws around the world.

TechCrunch
Show threadLayan🍉ayoub🇵🇸3d ago
@aral 👍
Show threadRickyx3d ago
@aral Age verificaton and privacy is a fake.
Everyone will know your birthday the day you switch from one state to another.
Show threadtired3d ago

@aral their brutal suppression of original thought

V.S

Our glorious protection of vulnerable children

Show threadNetraven3d ago
@aral damn aston kutcher is at it again.
Show threadRiver, Cachorrín de Los Andes2d ago

@aral

Maybe Brexit Island isn't the only bad thing about Europe after all.

Truly, no country in the world worthy of being called "benevolent".

Show threadEric Schultz1d ago
@aral this worldwide push is truly madness.
Show threademilianosandri22h ago
@aral I'd say "it's not authoritarian if progressives does it".
When at the beginning of the decade the US religious right pushed for this some outrage ensued but now that we have "progressive" politicians pushing for it (and apparently Mark Zuckerberg too) the mainstream stopped caring.