Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech

kept by eddie mar 18

A Reddit researcher uncovered that Meta funneled $2 billion through nonprofits to lobby for age verification laws that would force Apple and Google to build OS-level age verification while exempting Meta's own platforms.

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