KOSA may not literally say “upload your ID,” but that is not the whole fight.
If platforms are legally liable for how “minors” experience speech, they need a way to know who is a minor. That creates pressure for age assurance, app-store verification, ID vendors, and less pseudonymous internet use.
Protect kids, yes. But do not hand Big Tech and government a compliance machine that makes privacy-first speech harder.
Full breakdown and action script:
https://thethriftydev.com/blog/kosa-age-verification-privacy-pseudonymous-speech/
#StopKOSA #NoAgeVerification #privacy #nostr
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