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Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK (www.theverge.com)
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[–] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Today: do it to protect the kids.

Tomorrow: de-anonymise the internet for mass surveillance.

Later: yep... the kids still access adult websites, but that was never the real goal.

[–] appropriateghost@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

oh phew... don't worry everyone it's just bluesky doing this so who cares lol

[–] Crewman@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

ouch