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So-called age verification for social media is spreading across the world, framed as an effort to create a safer internet for children. In reality, age verification lays the foundation for a fully controlled internet. The age verification rush must be slowed down, and politicians need to recognize the consequences of different types of legislation and systems. Age verification is the wrong approach to fix “the social media problem” The big tech social media companies are bad. Their business model is bad; it is based on mass surveillance and manipulation, and they cooperate with governments in mapping entire populations. But age verification is fundamentally the wrong approach to preventing children from using big tech social media platforms. Introducing age verification is based on coercion; the state forces social media companies to verify their users’ identities. But the big tech social media platforms already know which of their users are children. Their business model depends on knowing this. They know how old users are, and they know exactly what type of person they are. As age verification is based on coercion, politicians could instead force platforms to stop doing the things politicians consider harmful to children, or force them to block children (again, they know who they are) from using their services. But instead, politicians seek to massively invade everyone’s privacy and undermine democratic rights on a global scale. In other words, the latter is the real objective – they do not want to protect children; they want to impose control. Slippery slope of age verification It is undeniable that age verification threatens freedom of expression, risks increasing mass surveillance, and is likely to lead to censorship. It will not only shrink the online world and reduce young people’s right to privacy (for example, if VPN services were to be restricted); but also risks becoming a significant step toward a controlled internet for everyone. Most age verification is identity verification Most countries are now considering introducing age verification systems, meaning that everyone would have to identify themselves either to the service/website they want to use or to a third party capable of linking them to their activity on that service or website. This is not age verification but identity verification, and the consequence is therefore that freedom of information is restricted (you can no longer visit regulated websites anonymously) and that you can no longer post anonymously on social media. This is a major problem in countries like the UK and Germany where the police conduct raids on people’s homes for posting content on social media that the authorities dislike. Or in the United States, where authorities are trying to pressure tech companies into revealing the identities behind accounts protesting ICE. Social media identity verification removes important tools for activists in countries where criticizing those in power is dangerous. Restrictions on app store or operating system level Some countries are looking to impose identity verification at the app store level or even within the operating system itself. This is an exciting experiment, since this is possible to circumvent using open-source operating systems. Some countries are already looking to include open-source systems. Since open-source systems cannot be controlled, politicians would ultimately need to ban devices that are not controlled by the state. The end point: telescreens like those in Orwell’s 1984, devices that both monitor you and broadcast only the information approved by the state. The Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) alternative and the EU The EU has presented its own age verification app as “completely anonymous”. The idea is to use Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptography to break the link between the age credential issuer (EU governments) and the regulated services/sites. Currently, the EU app does not have ZKP functionality, contrasting Ursula von der Leyen’s claim that the app ”is technically ready to be used”. But more importantly, the app is currently designed to always function without ZKP technology; if ZKP is unavailable, the app falls back to a non-ZKP model. Even if fully developed ZKP technology could be implemented in the future, it would remain an optional extra feature that countries may choose to disable and that the EU could remove at any time. Read more on our site. mullvad.net/blog/age-verif…

Kids in Gaza hosting a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life. “We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.” Over 4200 kids, like these, have been killed.

TODAY— Photos were smuggled out of Ecuador’s prisons and published by the brave Karol Noroña. Under the current U.S.-backed military dictatorship, inmates are starved and 1 dies every 7 hours— an alarming rate for the 2nd smallest nation in South America. NOBOA IS A MURDERER.

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Gaza isn't an isolated incident, it's the prototype

Camila Lourdes Galarza Zavala @sovietwithsazon

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TODAY— Photos were smuggled out of Ecuador’s prisons and published by the brave Karol Noroña. Under the current U.S.-backed military dictatorship, inmates are starved and 1 dies every 7 hours— an alarming rate for the 2nd smallest nation in South America. NOBOA IS A MURDERER.

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She saw at least TEN children under the age of FIVE with their heads DECAPITATED. We are not mad enough.

Global Insight Journal @GlobalIJournal

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Reporter of China State Television CGTN, broadcasting in front of Gaza Shifa Hospital: "I saw with my own eyes that there were at least 10 Palestinian children under the age of 5 without heads."

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“If we stop measuring climate change, there is no climate crisis” “If we erase January 6th, it didn’t happen” “If we don’t release certain inflation data, there’s no inflation” “If we don’t measure food insecurity, no one’s hungry” “If we delete research on right-wing violence, there’s no right-wing violence” “If we stop Covid testing, we’ll have fewer cases” The Trump administration is hiding data so you can’t truly see how corrupt and incompetent they are.

More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS

2 days ago

The Trump admin is dismantling the $368 million deep-ocean observation system. The system monitors coastal environments, marine ecosystems, and powerful currents that affect the global climate. It's been used to understand the effects of climate change on the ocean, how changes

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I got kicked out because I am gay by my own mom. I am now homeless and disabled with a lung disease. It’s been a rough couple of months and I want nothing more than to better myself and situation. If you or anyone can help me I would be so grateful! #PRIDEMONTH Goal: 4,000

ien @iamien22

3 days ago

HELP! I am homeless and gay. My mom kicked me out after finding out that I was gay and Ive been struggling ever since. I am begging for any help and I mean any PLEASE. I am just trying to get on my feet. Please help me out this pride month! CA:$iamien22 PP:ienthegenius V:ienkent

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Homophobic and transphobic. Please don’t leave out that he died protecting his trans husband, Tristan.

ToonHive @ToonHive

2 days ago

1 year ago today, Jonathan Joss was murdered in a homophobic hate crime. Best known for voicing John Redcorn, Jonathan was a memorable part of many fans’ childhoods and will not be forgotten.

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Queer History Fact: during the AIDS crisis, many lesbians became frontline caregivers and activists for gay and bi men when society and institutions abandoned them. Their leadership and solidarity are part of why the ‘L’ now comes first in LGBTQIA+.

Amit @Amit4Films

3 days ago

This is why L comes first in LGBTQIA+. #PrideMonth

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1 year ago today, Jonathan Joss was murdered in a homophobic hate crime. Best known for voicing John Redcorn, Jonathan was a memorable part of many fans’ childhoods and will not be forgotten.

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This is what a holocaust looks like.

Hasan alrabay @HasanEssam29636

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One of the most terrifying images in history: a transformation from life to death. Gaza in 2023 and 2026!

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This isn’t war. This is genocide. Repeat it. Spread it. Let the world know.

GBX @GBX_Press

2 months ago

🚨‼️ BREAKING 💥 Urgent: The final execution of over 10,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons has begun; we learn this with profound sadness.

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"The Elephant" for free on Youtube (Full Special + Behind the Scenes) >> youtube.com/watch?v=ctckj-… By Patrick McHale, Ian Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar & Pendleton Ward (for Adult Swim)

Catsuka @catsuka

7 months ago

First look at "The Elephant" animated special (in 3 acts) by Patrick McHale (Over the Garden Wall), Ian Jones-Quartey (OK K.O.!), Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) and Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time). Coming to Adult Swim on December 19.

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DO NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO THIS. HOLY SHIT.

sarah @sahouraxo

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BREAKING: Israel is dropping white phosphorus bombs on civilian areas in the village of Arnoun, Nabatieh, South Lebanon. These are internationally banned munitions — and Israel is unleashing them against civilians.

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There have been 13 Trans People who have been murdered since April 1, 2026 April: April 5: Davonta Curtis April 12: Daniella Analee Escobedo April 13: Dannielle Spillman April 17: Aleanna Belcher April 18: Luca Redbeard Knapp April 28: Lanessa Rodriguez 1/2

ไม่อยากจะเชื่อว่าข่าวจริงแต่ดันเป็นข่าวจริง เด็กผู้ชายที่อังกฤษ 3 คน ข่มขืนเด็กผู้หญิง อายุน้อยสุด 14 แต่ไม่ติดคุก เพราะศาลบอกอยากให้โอกาสเยาวชน ให้โดนปรับแค่คนละ 1,130 บาท ชีวิตเด็กผู้หญิงมีค่าแค่นี้เองเหรอ เด็กผญโดนถ่ายคลิป อีกคนโดนรุมโทรม ศาลแม่งเห็นใจคนร้ายมากกว่าเหยื่ออีก

The Telegraph @Telegraph

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Three teenage boys have been spared jail and “fined” just £26 despite raping girls as young as 14 in three separate cases, it has emerged 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/2…

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Israel just bombed a building that Palestinian journalist Bisan owda was in She’s okay and reporting on it. She said it’s the closest she’s ever been to a bombing.

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Yousef in Gaza 🇵🇸 @yousefQasem1998

2 weeks ago

In Gaza, even the mosquito has become part of the daily suffering. Heat, tents, stagnant water, and harsh conditions make everything harder — even sleep is no longer peaceful. Yet people are still trying to survive through it all.

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you and i, we're alive (don't let go) #sfawtde #dawtde #AveryTheMayo #d3rlord3