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Anonymous 13w

bro they’re doing ID verification for spotify and YouTube

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

for new accounts or all users? I made my google account back in like 2008 so it doesn’t even have a phone number attached

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Anonymous replying to -> basedpaperbasket 13w

in the UK, they’re mandating that apps that use the internet use ID verification to “ensure that minors aren’t exposed to dangerous material” not just like pornhub. everything. youtube, spotify, all the streaming services. it’s been making the rounds on twitter for a couple weeks. what’s going on in europe rn is insane. VPNs are topping the app store charts rn

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

The us embassy in the UK said all entrants to the US should be prepared to make their socials public to check for any controversial posts. We literally aren’t much better.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

we are checking foreigners. we aren’t actively surveillancing our own citizens phones for wrong speak and bad think. at least not publicly like the UK is. you should see what they’re trying to do over there it’s actually insane and it’s gonna bleed this way if they don’t cut their shit. using AI to track what you do on websites to censor material if it thinks you’re not old enough to access it. that’s what the initial idea is, how much give is it to go from that to just straight up barring

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

anything their government thinks their citizens shouldn’t consume

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

We’ve checked citizens’ phones at the border for over a decade. Both countries suck rn when it comes to freedom of speech and privacy

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

exactly, like we deadass kept a tourist out because they had a fat jd vance meme on their phone

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