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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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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago

I'm actually surprised that I've encountered this (when ending up on a UK exit viewing porn).

It's super annoying to have to spend 15 seconds changing the exit on my VPN app and refreshing to make the age verification modal go away