30: The Age of Verification

Governments worldwide think your privacy is adorable but outdated. Say hello to mandatory selfies and ID checks, and goodbye to anonymous cat memes.

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LINKS

• Global Age Verification Laws 2025 (https://shuftipro.com/blog/age-verification-laws-2025-update/) • Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet (https://archive.is/20250804134214/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/age-verification-is-coming-for-the-whole-internet.html) • Chris Middleton on X: "🚨 UK’s Online Safety Act just came into effect, promising a “safer” internet. It’s a lie. This law threatens YOUR privacy, free speech, and democracy and paves the way for a surveilled, censored web. Want to know how bad it gets? 🧵 (https://x.com/ChrisMid/status/1948770778586988641) • YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections (https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/youtube-rolls-out-age-estimatation-tech-to-identify-u-s-teens-and-apply-additional-protections/) • First Steam, now itch.io has been forced to start delisting adult games (https://www.thegamer.com/itch-io-follows-steam-bans-adult-games-blames-collective-shout/) • Grand Theft Auto "Potentially At Risk" Of Being Delisted By Payment Processors (https://www.thegamer.com/grand-theft-auto-saints-row-duke-nukem-at-risk-payment-processors-delisting-adult-games-steam-itch-collective-shout/) • ZOOM Platform also had payment processor issues, say they "have no plans to remove any titles" | GamingOnLinux (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/zoom-platform-also-had-payment-processor-issues-say-they-have-no-plans-to-remove-any-titles/) • Suspects accused of dressing up as a bear for insurance fraud case in LA County - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86o4w6qhM4) • Robotic Rabbits A new hope against Everglades' python threat - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viw3vf7Jdts) • RECALL: High Noon hard seltzers mislabeled as Celsius energy drinks - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Au22SJRcyc)

MUSIC

•  Porkchops Fried by HeyCitizen (https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6650997?episode=29660147084)