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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/10/2026

Someday, this will lead to doxing whole *countries*: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... Age verification is the latest and worst stage in governments' fraught relationship with private sector data-collection.

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Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs

Discord to block adult content unless users verify ages with selfies or IDs.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/10/2026

The USA is the worst offender here: it is the largest, richest country in the world that has essentially *no* privacy protections. The last time the US updated its federal privacy law was in *1988*, when the Video Privacy Protection Act banned the disclosure of your VHS rentals.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/10/2026

Tech companies spy on you for the same reason your dog licks its balls - because they can, and no one stops them: pluralistic.net/2026/03/10/i...

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Pluralistic: Ad-tech is fascist tech (10 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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