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If you look at the people pushing these bills it's the anti-trans and anti-porn activists. Not the left.
by malfist 8mo ago
If you look at the people pushing these bills it's the anti-trans and anti-porn activists. Not the left.
- phendrenad2 8mo agoIn Europe though? You have those?
- dingi 8mo agoThis issue looks partisan from the outset, but both sides push the same thing. They just use partisan justifications.
- mrtesthah 8mo agoAge verification efforts in the US have been privacy-attacking (demanding government ID) whereas the system being proposed in europe is privacy-preserving (zero-knowledge proof).
- dringe 8mo agoIn the UK we have many people on the left with these perspectives. It comes from the second-wave feminist tradition. But generally speaking, online age verification is one of those issues where the left-right ideological divide doesn't map neatly. People support and oppose it for various different reasons. Much like the assisted suicide issue.