Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech
Summary
Reddit researcher exposes Meta's $2B lobbying effort, routed through nonprofit shells, to advocate age-verification laws that would push OS-level identity verification into devices and apps while exempting Meta's platforms. The piece highlights a 45-state lobbying footprint, use of shadowy organizations, and the aim to shift liability to OS makers like Apple and Google. It also contrasts proposed US laws with Europe’s privacy-preserving approaches like zero-knowledge proofs under eIDAS 2.0.