@Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social
Fun Stack Vibing. Founder @xibbonhq Started Xamarin, Mono, Gnome. Prev: Microsoft/.NET/Xamarin/Mono/VSMac/AI - tootfinder
Trump, the big man, reduced to begging the allies he’s been shitting on for the last year to help him out with his Epstein War.
Australia can send AUKUS submarines, when they’re ready.
Everyone else can wait until Trump’s tariffs are removed, and until he ceases threatening to annex Canada and Greenland, and until he stops destroying our shared atmosphere, then offer any help he may require.
Guess who's behind the sudden rush of age verification legislation?
In the US, #Meta is spending $26.3 Million to hire at least 86 Lobbyists from 40 lobbying firms, and lobbying in at least 45 states. It is confirmed that Meta wrote the Louisiana age verification bill.
In the EU, Meta is spending ten million euros annually on lobbying, retaining 18 lobbying firms.
Age verification isn't about protecting children; it's about attacking privacy.
The TBOTE Project
Age Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation & Institutional CaptureInvestigative research into age verification lobbying, dark money, and model legislation
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