Formally politicians may be in charge, but at this point most political power derives from within the administrative state.
reply> its about who can track you and why. I'd much rather a list of times I access a site that required age verification being stored by the government, than every single fucking page I looked at tracked by google/meta.
replyIt is about what abuses can happen from that info. Google could sell your data. The government can imprison you. You don't think Trump wouldn't try to collect info on his opponents and weaponize the DOJ against them?
> You don't think Trump wouldn't try to collect info on his opponents and weaponize the DOJ against them?
replyHe already is, and if he really wants, can compel google et al to pony up the data. But thats an argument against big tech, rather than age gating.