This is their plan:
Step 1: exploit legitimate pain suffered by young people and families caused by online harm
Step 2: implement government-mandated online ID checks to "keep kids away from harmful content"
Step 3: define all LGBTQ content as "harmful to kids"
Age verification is a trojan horse
Step 1: exploit legitimate pain suffered by young people and families caused by online harm
Step 2: implement government-mandated online ID checks to "keep kids away from harmful content"
Step 3: define all LGBTQ content as "harmful to kids"
Age verification is a trojan horse
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1. People start coming up with "safe" terms to avoid getting flagged (think how "killed" got replaced with "unalived")
2. People get fed up and label all their content 18+ to be able to dodge censors
There's also the PornHub approach of websites banning US users entirely, which is pretty likely
The whole situation is a damn mess.
This is so excruciatingly clear in all the floor debates in state legislatures where these laws have already come up, and yet that “for the children” framing has worked to garner votes from otherwise consistently pro LGBTQ+ legislators.
Plus, who trusts a private contractor with your history?
not just LGBT content, any "woke" content, any content not also contained the New New American Translated Version of the Book, any criticism of any policy deemed vital to the National Interest.
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