Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control

This article is stating why age-gating is all about controlling speech, not protecting kids.

I think the saddest last words from any character in any book are still

“Alex?? Don’t leave me.”

WEBCAST MAR 19 - EFFecting Change: Privacy’s Defender

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On March 19, 2026 at 11:00am – 12:00pm PDT (18:00-19:00 UTC) the Electronic Fromtier Foundation (EFF) will host a livestream ‘EFFecting Change: Privacy’s Defender‘ to mark the publication of Cindy Cohn‘s book ‘ Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance‘ (MIT Press).  Cindy will be joined in conversation by Jason Koeber…

WEBCAST MAR 19 - EFFecting Change: Privacy’s Defender

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Fair use remains the right starting point for thinking about AI training.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/search-engines-ai-and-long-fight-over-fair-use

Search Engines, AI, And The Long Fight Over Fair Use

IMF delegeation arriving on Feb 25 for key EFF, RSF reviews - SUCH TV

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation is set to visit Pakistan starting February 25 to hold discussions on the third review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), according to official sources.

During the visit, negotiations will also take place on the second review under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), the sources said.
The IMF delegation is scheduled to visit…

IMF delegeation arriving on Feb 25 for key EFF, RSF reviews - SUCH TV

I decided to embrace my natural 2b type hair after having it straightened for almost my whole life. I’m striving to look like Mother Gothel now

Growing up in a white Mexican household meant that you ate and learned how to make the blandest and bastardized version of Mexican food

This is sope. It should have more stuff to it, but my mom would just add chopped lettuce, red or green sauce, and salt, and call it a day. I didn’t do that here since I didn’t have the stuff for it when making this

So, You’ve Hit an Age Gate. What Now?

EFF is against age gating and age verification mandates, and we hope we’ll win in getting existing ones overturned and new ones prevented. But mandates are already in effect, and every day many people are asked to verify their age across the web, despite prominent cases of sensitive data getting leaked in the process.At some point, you may have been faced with the decision yourself: should I continue to use this service if I have to verify my age? And if so, how can I do that with the least risk to my personal information? This is our guide to navigating those decisions, with information on what questions to ask about the age verification options you’re presented with, and answers to those questions for some of the top most popular social media sites. Even though there’s no way to implement mandated age gates in a way that fully protects speech and privacy rights, our goal here is to help you minimize the infringement of your rights as you manage this awful situation.

semi-realistic self-portrait

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“AI is a way to produce tech debt at scale, to replace skilled writers with defective spicy autocomplete systems, to lose money at a rate not seen in living memory.”

I’m going to stick with “A but not I” because I can’t trust myself to spell “Defective Spicy Autocomplete” consistently, let alone correctly, but I’m really tempted to change my gen AI tag.

Anyway, Cory Doctorow wrote a thing.

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