<![CDATA[When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means:]]>When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means:

• Official identification of every adult using social media.

• Deanonymization of every account, endangering groups that often rely on pseudonymity for safety, such as victims of domestic violence, victims of stalkers, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people.

• Putting every adult at great danger of exploitation, fraud, and identity theft by forcing them to share their official ID with a for-profit third-party company with no incentive to protect it. Breaches have already happened.

• Constructing a system of mass surveillance to attach every comment on social media to a legal identity. Effectively allowing authoritarian governments to silence their critics and opposition.

• Potential for dystopian censorship and cutting off means of organization for groups of resistance to oppressive regime and organizations.

• Endangering children online by putting a clear identification beacon over every child or family with children online.

• Endangering the data of children who will inevitably try to pass as adults, and have their information collected by the third-party for-profit company.

• Diminishing the value of official identification due to the inevitable data breaches, eventually pushing the system to require even more intrusive identification techniques, such as iris scans and fingerprints.

• Installing a system of mass surveillance capable of attaching even more information to everyone's legal identity. With a potential to built list of people in certain groups, and scale-up state censorship and discrimination in unprecedented ways.

• The list goes on and on.

This isn't about protecting the children.
It never was.

Do not be duped by this excuse used to convince you to let go of your human rights. They are only trying to manipulate people lacking information.

Stay informed on the issues related to Age Verification, and push back for your rights to privacy and democracy.

The future depends on us.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ee16a650-82cb-465a-b968-19260df497c8/when-you-read-about-bans-of-social-media-for-teens-and-age-verification-you-must-remember-what-it-truly-meansRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 10:34:53 GMTSun, 12 Apr 2026 17:50:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:14:26 GMT]]>@violetmadder @glassresistor @anton @Em0nM4stodon I don’t know how to change human nature but I do know it is folly to work against it rather than acknowledging our collective weaknesses and work alongside them, with them, redirecting and guiding. It is a very difficult path, and the easy way out is constantly, incessantly beckoning to us every damn step of the way.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116395453095481861https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116395453095481861Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:14:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:10:42 GMT]]>@violetmadder @glassresistor @anton @Em0nM4stodon I don’t agree. People, statistically speaking, have an insane bloodlust for “free”. I have met the enemy and it is me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116395438401520265https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116395438401520265Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:10:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:33:59 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange this thread is a free bootlicker blocklist

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://transfem.social/notes/al07d4awj93r0007https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://transfem.social/notes/al07d4awj93r0007Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:33:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:01:18 GMT]]>@TheStoneDonkey @Em0nM4stodon

Same here. I'm done with this shit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/miroul/statuses/116395165539145221https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/miroul/statuses/116395165539145221Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:01:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:26:15 GMT]]>@anarchademic @Em0nM4stodon i find this very ironic

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/glassresistor/statuses/116395027680100692https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/glassresistor/statuses/116395027680100692Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:26:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:25:14 GMT]]>@violetmadder @codinghorror @anton @Em0nM4stodon and frankly "people only want free stuff" was never true.

people were always willing to pay a reasonable price for media or software. its just always been priced as a luxury to maximize profits for middlemen. also the shift to free wasnt consumer or creator driven but seller driven as the growth over profits practice is how we got here.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/glassresistor/statuses/116395023680613453https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/glassresistor/statuses/116395023680613453Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:25:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:04:51 GMT]]>@TheStoneDonkey @Em0nM4stodon start to self-host first, it’s not a service if there are no others serviced

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.mirbsd.org/users/mirabilos/statuses/01KP25XCGEVHXZZAE3AW76XQRNhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.mirbsd.org/users/mirabilos/statuses/01KP25XCGEVHXZZAE3AW76XQRNMon, 13 Apr 2026 01:04:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:54:46 GMT]]>My my. You're an easy block.

@Mage_of_Chaos @Em0nM4stodon

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/BobLefridge/statuses/116394667952193053https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/BobLefridge/statuses/116394667952193053Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:54:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:39:49 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon

Real Names Considered Harmful

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/draNgNon/statuses/116394609186123920https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/draNgNon/statuses/116394609186123920Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:39:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:36:12 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon THE INTERNET IS RAN BY THE GOVERNMENT, DUDE. No ones banning anyone and your legal identity being tied to a public display name that ISN'T a legal identity is absolutely NOT a danger to the public. You're being EXTREMELY counter productive and making it look like YOU use the internet to harbor fugitives who are banned from use of the internet for BEING dangerous to those groups you just mentioned ON THE INTERNET. People get banned from the public domain when they become offenders.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mage_of_Chaos/statuses/116394594965942058https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mage_of_Chaos/statuses/116394594965942058Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:36:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:17:49 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon If it was illegal for social media companies to use and sell personal details, then the lobby (funded secretly by Meta, Google, Apple) for removal of privacy would evaporate.
Children are not protected by revealing full ID info by everyone, that is a lie.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IncHulk/statuses/116394522668134828https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IncHulk/statuses/116394522668134828Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:17:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:56:03 GMT]]>@codinghorror @Em0nM4stodon The problems of algorithmic tracking and individual micro-targeting are distinct and much more pernicious than the problems of ad-supported media in general

Long term the project of 99finches is to convince local businesses in Iowa to advertise here instead of on platforms that have been proven in open court to have screwed over their business clients on ad purchases. Then use that revenue to pay people in Iowa to do the long-term work needed to make the Fediverse a serious threat to big tech.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://99finches.com/objects/33f553f0-06bc-4353-b7d1-22fc044f7856https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://99finches.com/objects/33f553f0-06bc-4353-b7d1-22fc044f7856Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:56:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:53:43 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon ah yes, i also anonymize myself throughout social media to protect my privacy

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116352254831008129/statuses/116393956026380426https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116352254831008129/statuses/116393956026380426Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:53:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:46:54 GMT]]>@anarchademic @Em0nM4stodon

This is why I build https://mastodon.social.

It's pretty straight Mastodon but all authenticated traffic it through and no email addresses are collected.

So there's nothing beyond the public posts to identify users. What you put in a public post can be much more identifying that you may think but at least with this model full control is with the user the service doesn't need to know anything extra

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://domum.social/users/jon/statuses/116393929234409510https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://domum.social/users/jon/statuses/116393929234409510Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:46:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:42:51 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon they day I have to provide ID to use your service is the day I cancel, it's pretty simple.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116393913289744002https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116393913289744002Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:42:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:25:11 GMT]]>@anton @Em0nM4stodon ok but what about our complicity here? Everyone wants “free” services that they don’t have to pay for. What is the actual price for that?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116393843845756829https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116393843845756829Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:56:30 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon if they cared about the well-being of children and developmental problems with being exposed to the the internet they'd be talking about different thing.

You'd want to make the internet less addictive and dangerous, by limiting ad-tracking and algorithmic systems the incentivize mass data harvesting. Force public-facing spaces to effectively moderate to keep from being dangerous to children.

You'd want to make the material environment more hospitable to doing anything other than sitting inside on a computer all day. Limiting cars so it's safe to be outside, promoting public parks, social programs and child-friendly public events.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://99finches.com/objects/d773c4ae-b50a-4161-87f1-2bc266f9959ehttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://99finches.com/objects/d773c4ae-b50a-4161-87f1-2bc266f9959eSun, 12 Apr 2026 20:56:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:40:34 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon It is not a bug, It is a feature.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/alper/statuses/116393196531499396https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/alper/statuses/116393196531499396Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:40:34 GMT