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The Year States Chose Surveillance Over Safety: 2025 in Review (www.eff.org)
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2025 was the year age verification went from a fringe policy experiment to a sweeping reality across the United States. Half of the U.S. now mandates age verification for accessing adult content or social media platforms. Nine states saw their laws take effect this year alone, with more coming in...

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Over perceived safety. None of the surveillance state add-ons do a single god damned thing to make anyone safer.