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Age verification for social media – the beginning of the end for a free internet? | Mullvad VPN (mullvad.net)

submitted 11 hours ago by TourCookie@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A blogpost from Mullvad about age verification

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[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 58 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

that's the whole point. they want people to be deanonymised. It's good for business if the big tech companies can identify you, without a doubt of who you are. This is their entire purpose.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 19 points 9 hours ago

Don't forget chilling free speech and the sister program to put back doors in, or otherwise destroy, private communication, polly faves.