By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/06/2026While there's plenty these groups disagree about, they share one consensus: there should be a "minimum age" for certain kinds of internet use. 4/ 1313
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/06/2026Problem is, there's no such thing as internet "age verification." What we call "age verification" is actually *mass surveillance*, so invasive and pervasive it makes the ad-tech industry's surveillance look like some kind of cypherpunk darknet pirate utopia: pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/b... 5/pluralistic.netPluralistic: “Privacy preserving age verification” is bullshit (14 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 214082
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/06/2026"Age verification" means that *everyone* who does *anything* online will have to submit to fine-grained tracking and recording of *all* their online activities. 6/ 18527
