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"External Image",
"NewsBreak – 16 Mar 26",
"Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age...",
"UBOS - Revolutionize Your Software Engineering with UBOS - The Future of... – 17 Mar 26",
"Meta’s $2 B Lobby Pushes OS‑Level Age Verification – What It Means for Users..."
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"textContent": "jonah:\n\n> I think it is _plausible_ , just like how the sudden onset of draconian age verification laws around the world — in what, essentially only the last year? — are _very plausibly_ a coordinated effort.\n\nph00lt0:\n\n> I am pretty convinced Thorn is behind that.\n\nWasn’t Meta behind it all?\n\nExternal Image NewsBreak – 16 Mar 26\n\n### Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age...\n\nMeta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance req\n\nUBOS - Revolutionize Your Software Engineering with UBOS - The Future of... – 17 Mar 26\n\n### Meta’s $2 B Lobby Pushes OS‑Level Age Verification – What It Means for Users...\n\nMeta’s $2 B Lobbying Push for Invasive Age‑Verification Tech: What It Means for Users and the Industry Answer: Meta is channeling roughly $2 billion through a web of nonprofit “shell” organizations to pressure Apple, Google and other OS vendors into...",
"title": "Are we under attack?"
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