Jesus, the entire #OnlineSafetyAct regime barely scratches “big tech” but causes innumerable headaches for small website operators. That’s the entire point.
If you want to hurt “big tech”, go after their cash money. Enforce competition law. Enforce really strong privacy laws. That hurts them far more than age verification nonsense or getting irate about 15-year-olds watching too much TikTok.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdr2gm4y4ygo
Tom Morris
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2026-02-20 09:22:45 UTC
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