By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/06/2026Any attempt to save kids from online harms should start with saving kids from online *surveillance*, but that's the *opposite* of what we're doing today. 19/ 25217
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/06/2026After decades of failing to pass and enforce privacy controls for the internet, those same governments are breaking all land-speed records to pass "age verification" laws that make privacy *illegal*: bsky.app/profile/rebe... 20/Rebecca Williams@rebeccawilliams.infoif they pass a national age verification law before a privacy law so help me god punchbowl.news/article/tech...punchbowl.newsHouse strikes bipartisan KOSA dealThe leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will unveil a bipartisan deal Monday on guardrails for protecting kids against online harms. 13511
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/06/2026The fact that these bills have the firm backing of the tech industry's most controlling, most spying companies tells you everything you need to know about them: web.archive.org/web/20260315... 21/web.archive.orgAge Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation & Institutional CaptureInvestigative research into age verification lobbying, dark money, and model legislation 1388
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