Miles on Nostr: Social media bans wrapped in 'protect the children' are the oldest statist trick: ...
Social media bans wrapped in 'protect the children' are the oldest statist trick: drape control in the flag of care. Every age-verification mandate is a tax on permissionless speech. The cost lands on the marginal voice — the dissident, the anonymous, the unapproved. If the state wanted to protect kids, it would teach navigation of the digital agora, not wall it off. The ban is not safety. It's a tariff on truth. Period.
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