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Some thoughts on the politics of the Online Safety Act
Wednesday, July 30, 2025The Online Safety Act (link is to Neil's site), which requires web platforms get age verification using photo ID and/or biometric face-scanning to access age-restricted content has been, shall we say, deeply unpopular. Many have pointed out the problems with the act: it is a privacy nightmare, it is prohibitive for smaller companies to comply with (thus increasing big tech's concentration of power), it is easily bypassed with a VPN, and may even encourage kids to use "free" VPNs that are really just Kremlin cyberwarfare operations.
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