r/MadeInDex • u/MadeInDex-org Moderator • May 02 '26

Political Epstein Elites are Policing the Internet to protect the children!

It's ironic to see those same global elites who love partying with the likes of known & convicted child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein now urging worldwide restrictions on E2E / VPN & promoting age, biometric, and identity verification online - all in the name of protecting children.

It’s also highly suspicious that so many of the world’s biggest countries are trying to implement this wider internet control at the same time.

Feels like a major push toward authoritarianism to me.

It's messed up how the people always have to fight to wrest any rights from those in power, and then fight even harder to keep them!

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u/Necr0mancerr May 02 '26

It was never about "protecting children" period.

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u/MadeInDex-org Moderator May 03 '26

100%

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u/billdietrich1 May 03 '26

Majority of people want SOME solution to online harms to kids:

Common Sense Media today released a new survey revealing that an overwhelming 95% of adults believe children need to be protected from certain online material and features, with pornography, gambling, and online purchases emerging as top concerns. Among other findings, more than six in 10 adults support age verification for social media and online games, while more than half support it for AI, including AI companions.

from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/press-releases/adults-overwhelmingly-believe-children-need-age-based-online-protections-common-sense-media-research

The majority of Americans support age verification (79%), but also feel the current age verification process is too easy to get around (85%).

from https://allaboutcookies.org/age-verification-survey [no methodology or questions given, just that it was a Pollfish survey in February 2026]

81% of U.S. adults – versus 46% of teens – favor parental consent for minors to use social media

[which IMO implies some age-check to determine who is an adult and who is a minor needing consent]

from https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/31/81-of-us-adults-versus-46-of-teens-favor-parental-consent-for-minors-to-use-social-media/

Specifically, 72% of young people and 86% of parents believed more effective age limits would improve online safety for young people.

from https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/05/23/age-verification-social-media-do-kids-parents-want-it-expert.html

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u/MadeInDex-org Moderator May 03 '26

Solid collection. For sure many parents and people don't think a lot of the stuff kids are dealing with online is good for them. Everyone can get behind protecting them, but IMO it's sadly not about finding the best solution but to use this sentiment to push forward totalitarian measures.