- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmit.online
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmit.online
As age verification bills pass across the world under the guise of “keeping children safe online,” governments are increasingly giving themselves the authority to decide what topics are deemed “safe” for young people to access, and forcing online services to remove and block anything that may be deemed “unsafe.”
And it’s not like usenet ever went away, just not used as much nowadays. Hell, even BBSs are still kicking.