Age verification online requires users to submit to extensive tracking and surveillance of their online activities.

"Age verification" means that everyone who does anything online will have to submit to fine-grained tracking and recording of all their online activities. This nightmare is the surveillance advertising industry's fondest dream, a world where it's literally *illegal* to avoid their tracking, all in the name of saving kids…from them! — @pluralistic from https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/destroy-the-village/#to-save-it

Brilliantly put. This a wet dream for Big Tech and our governments. “Age verification” means that everyone who does anything online will have to submit to fine-grained tracking and recording of all their online activities. This nightmare is the surveillance advertising industry’s fondest dream, a world where it’s literally illegal to avoid their tracking, all in the name of saving kids…from them!” #cdnpoli #privacy #ageverification https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2026-06-23-destroy-the-village-to-save-it-c4eaddaef7bc

"Age verification" means that everyone who does anything online will have to submit to fine-grained tracking and recording of all their online activities. This nightmare is the surveillance advertising industry's fondest dream, a world where it's literally illegal to avoid their tracking, all in the name of saving kids…from them!" Bravo, again, to @pluralistic for his talent with words 🙌 https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/destroy-the-village/#to-save-it