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Canada wants to join the age verification bandwagon and censor the internet with Bill C-34
(ca.news.yahoo.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
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Meta is funding massive non profit groups lobbying for it at the OS level in the name of child safety. If there's going to be age verification anyways they don't want to pay for it, and want to benefit from the better ad targeting.