When we look at how fast and coordinated the rollout of age verification has been around the globe, it's hard not to wonder if there was some impetus behind it.

When we look at how fast and coordinated the rollout of age verification has been around the globe, it's hard not to wonder if there was some impetus behind it. There are dark sides to the rollout that EFF details in their resource hub: https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification There is a confluence of surveillance capitalism and a global shift towards authoritarianism that makes it particularly alarming right now.