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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (600)	8/11/2025 10:46:56 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Read Replies (1) of 617

The Facial-Recognition Sham Surveillance won’t make the internet safer. By Albert Fox Cahn ....Under the U.K.’s safety act, companies that refuse to implement age-surveillance software could face billions in fines or jail time. Owners of porn sites may not get much sympathy as a persecuted class, but the law’s targeted “primary priority content” is so general that it applies to far less controversial platforms, such as Bluesky and Discord. Wikipedia has said it may have to limit access to its site in the U.K. as a consequence, and other platforms have enacted broad restrictions to avoid any potential violation of the law. According to TechDirt, people in the U.K. have had to verify their age in order to access protest videos on X or Reddit communities about substance abuse and menstruation. Unsurprisingly, all of this has led people to circumvent the verification... theatlantic.com

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