30: The Age of Verification
6 August 2025
Governments worldwide think your privacy is adorable but outdated. Say hello to mandatory selfies and ID checks, and goodbye to anonymous cat memes. 📞
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- Global Age Verification Laws 2025
- Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet
- Chris Middleton on X: “🚨 UK’s Online Safety Act just came into effect, promising a “safer” internet. It’s a lie. This law threatens YOUR privacy, free speech, and democracy and paves the way for a surveilled, censored web. Want to know how bad it gets? 🧵
- YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections
- First Steam, now itch.io has been forced to start delisting adult games
- Grand Theft Auto “Potentially At Risk” Of Being Delisted By Payment Processors
- ZOOM Platform also had payment processor issues, say they “have no plans to remove any titles” | GamingOnLinux
- Suspects accused of dressing up as a bear for insurance fraud case in LA County - YouTube
- Robotic Rabbits A new hope against Everglades’ python threat - YouTube
- RECALL: High Noon hard seltzers mislabeled as Celsius energy drinks - YouTube
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