The Scam of Age Verification

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PaulHoule · 8h ago

Pressure for age verification don't just target porn sites but also social media in general. I think it will be very hard to stop because people are perceiving that social media has had a destructive effect on everybody including minors, not least causing political breakdown to put the people who want to stamp out porn in charge.

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The Scam of Age Verification

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