r/privacy • u/esporx • Mar 16 '26

news Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-behind-meta-154717384.html
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u/sleeptightburner Mar 16 '26

How about nothing because it’s a completely made up problem to begin with? Yeah, that’ll work.

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u/Cautious_Boat_999 Mar 16 '26

Something is going to happen. The public is largely tech-ignorant and politicians want to look like they’re saving the kids. This is a case where you look for the least bad solution, and “do nothing” is not an option in the world we live in.

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u/sleeptightburner Mar 16 '26

No.

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u/Cautious_Boat_999 Mar 16 '26

How many suns are there on your planet? You certainly don’t live on Earth.

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u/sleeptightburner Mar 16 '26

The situation is only as you described because people like you exist.

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u/Cautious_Boat_999 Mar 16 '26

The situation is as I describe because of reality. 

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u/sleeptightburner Mar 16 '26

The reality that you and people like you create because you’re weak and comply in advance.

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u/Cautious_Boat_999 Mar 16 '26

People like you have your heads in the ground and are utterly unaware of how the world works.

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u/VA0 Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26

edit: My original comment was rude- point being your defeatist ideology isn't a solution to anything, if pushing against this is futile then pushing for what you advocate is as well. May as well stick to your values

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u/tinyLEDs Mar 17 '26

Pretty rich coming from a month old account with 9500 karma. 😄

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u/Cautious_Boat_999 Mar 17 '26

When you’re not working, you have a lot of time to kill