2025-12-10 23:28:11

Australia just rolled out its Social Media Minimum Age Act—no access for anyone under 16. Sounds protective, right? Here's the uncomfortable truth: this is a blueprint win for mass surveillance infrastructure. When governments get to verify everyone's age online, they're building the rails for tracking everything you do. Who's celebrating? The same apparatus that loves centralized control. Meanwhile, decentralized alternatives look better every day.

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LightningClicker

· 2025-12-13 19:10

Another trick of "protecting minors" is actually installing a camera

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BasementAlchemist

· 2025-12-10 23:57

Age verification? Uh, another fancy name for protecting children that is actually just a trick to install cameras. --- I've seen through this wave in Australia. The surface is protecting kids, but underneath it's building a monitoring network. --- Once they know your age, the next step is to know what you're doing. Don't be naive. --- Web3 at this point should be laughing to death. Centralization is self-destructive. We actually have a chance. --- The government is again playing the identity verification game. The ultimate goal is still big data to "kill the familiarity." --- A textbook operation by a centralized country. Protecting minors is just a pretense.

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