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Age verification = digital ID

By April 19, 2026No Comments

Source: Wide Awake Media on X —

German MEP Christine Anderson warns that under-16 social media bans are ultimately just a pretext to link everybody’s online activity to a digital ID.

That is called surveillance. And putting one’s own citizens under surveillance is the practice best known in totalitarian regimes.

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