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And here's the official announcement of age verification coming to everyone in the UK who wishes to use "social media":

> Social media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move to give kids their childhood back

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/social-media-to-be-banned-for-under-16s-in-landmark-government-move-to-givekids-their-childhood-back

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LukefromDC · 1w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq98t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszs6a65q8 Or you REFUSE to do age verification and use sites that ignore UK law-or even use Torbrowser to access sites that comply but don't apply age verification globally. Same as using Torbrow...

〽️ɪɢᴜᴇʟ · 1w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq98t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszs6a65q8 and zero consequences for those big corps that evade taxes and harvest kids' data. Banning access will not solve anything. Kids will just use VPNs... unless those get banned, too...