Since age verification laws are very much front of mind right now — and remain one of the biggest threats to the internet in 2026 — I also have a long-read explaining why these laws are so dangerous, flawed, and put everyone's data (and privacy) at risk. Plus: what you can do about it.
At this point, we should be designing/engineering with the lowest amount of tech or code possible to meet a goal.
Instead, it feels like we are forcing the highest tech solutions into problems that do not require them.
It's frankly embarrassing.
Sometimes the right solution is the low tech one.
Not to mention the exhaustion of water supplies caused by that infrastructure (that better may not exist)....

Zo´n zestig mensen deden afgelopen vrijdag mee aan de levendige 1 mei-demonstratie op de Grote Markt in Nijmegen. Een van de sprekers tijdens de actie was Femke, die de onderstaande speech hield. Femke is actief bij de Nijmeegse groep van #WijReizenSamen, de landelijke campagne voor een beter openbaar vervoer. Om van A naar B te komen is de auto in
Big tech in 5 years:
How dare you store things locally?
What if you’re storing a terrorism?
We can’t check if it’s not on our servers!
We’re calling the cops right now! 👮