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#BillC22 #KillBillC22 #StopBillC22 #CdnPoli

For the forseeable future I shall be tooting on topics related to the Charter and privacy which includes #BillC22 and #AgeGate.

IMO Bill C22 is the greatest threat to our privacy and Charter rights that I have seen since the Cons introduced Bill C30 in 2012 (which was withdrawn after much protest).

The spooks (Cdn spies and thier contractors) wish to create a database containing up to one year's worth of your meta data - internet search history and mobile phone contacts with location data, something that could be used to track you.

On the fediverse I recommend following these accounts, each of whom has been stong proponents of privacy since before Bill C30 (14 years ago).

@mgeist a well noted privacy lawyer who has been providing invaluable privacy information for decades.

@OpenMediaOrg an organization that has been campaigning for privacy and internet rights for Canadians for a great many years.

@BobLefridge

Edit/additional note: Charlotte McLauchlan is not a journalist, but a paid consultant/writer. So, let's guess why she's written this piece ...

There are multiple angles to this:

Yes, social media is bad (for kids). So, go against the US Surveillance Tech social media mega conglomerates to get it right! Bust them in court to eternity for ludicrous sums of $$$ until they stop abusing their position.

Age gates are bad. They massively torpedo people's privacy. It needs to be a social **right** to get certain information anonymously (e.g. mental health, gender issues, and all kinds of other things).

Who's behind this? Predominantly the decision to adopt age gates has been driven and fuelled by Meta and other social media giants. Estimates are that Meta has put approx. US$ 2 billion into this in lobbying and funding of 'interest groups' that are supposedly pro-family and for child protection. Meta has the most to gain (exclusion of smaller competition that can't afford it, plus *verified* identity data of users for better targeting ads and campaigns).

#SurveillanceCapitalism #NZpol #AgeRestriction #AgeGate

The ICO issued a joint statement on ‘age assurance’ aka privacy invading digital ID. Their odd position is now people must go through privacy invading procedures to ‘protect their data’ and to be sure users are > 13 years old. This likely why Apple are saying U.K. law requires age assurance stuff. https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/03/joint-statement-from-ico-and-ofcom-on-age-assurance/ #AgeGate #apple #ICO #UK

Well, we don't decide what the customers decide to ship, or where it goes. We don't enforce policy like that; our job is just to provide a neutral platform for others to use to accomplish their goals. We don't even know what they ship - we just build the train cars. We don't even know where Bergen-Belsen is.

This is a post about #systemd.

#AgeVerification #AgeGate #AgeGating #identification #deanonymization #anonymous #fascism #fascist #compliance #ComplyInAdvance #DoNotComply #DoNotComplyInAdvance #resistance #freedom #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #coconspirator #accomplice #DeathCamp #ConcentrationCamp

Well, we don't decide what the customers decide to ship, or where it goes. We don't enforce policy like that; our job is just to provide a neutral platform for others to use to accomplish their goals. We don't even know what they ship - we just build the train cars. We don't even know where Bergen-Belsen is.

This is a post about #systemd.

#AgeVerification #AgeGate #AgeGating #identification #deanonymization #anonymous #fascism #fascist #compliance #ComplyInAdvance #DoNotComply #DoNotComplyInAdvance #resistance #freedom #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #coconspirator #accomplice #DeathCamp #ConcentrationCamp

Well, we don't decide what the customers decide to ship, or where it goes. We don't enforce policy like that; our job is just to provide a neutral platform for others to use to accomplish their goals. We don't even know what they ship - we just build the train cars. We don't even know where Bergen-Belsen is.

This is a post about #systemd.

#AgeVerification #AgeGate #AgeGating #identification #deanonymization #anonymous #fascism #fascist #compliance #ComplyInAdvance #DoNotComply #DoNotComplyInAdvance #resistance #freedom #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #coconspirator #accomplice #DeathCamp #ConcentrationCamp

Well, we don't decide what the customers decide to ship, or where it goes. We don't enforce policy like that; our job is just to provide a neutral platform for others to use to accomplish their goals. We don't even know what they ship - we just build the train cars. We don't even know where Bergen-Belsen is.

This is a post about #systemd.

#AgeVerification #AgeGate #AgeGating #identification #deanonymization #anonymous #fascism #fascist #compliance #ComplyInAdvance #DoNotComply #DoNotComplyInAdvance #resistance #freedom #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #coconspirator #accomplice #DeathCamp #ConcentrationCamp

😒 Ah, the thrill of encountering an age gate: the modern equivalent of being carded for a juice box. 🥤 Now, revel in the EFF's endless crusade for digital justice, sprinkled with more donation pleas than a PBS telethon. 📺💸
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-youve-hit-age-gate-what-now #digitaljustice #agegate #EFF #donationpleas #technews #internetfreedom #HackerNews #ngated

So, You've Hit an Age Gate. What Now?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-youve-hit-age-gate-what-now

#HackerNews #So #Hit #an #Age #Gate #What #Now #agegate #onlineprivacy #digitalrights #youthengagement

Blacksails is an excellent show about a man who is declared an hostis humani generis, enemy of all mankind. Who then adheres to a piracy doctrine of their own....war against the world. #blacksails #bigtech #agegate