• shalafi@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Politically speaking, it’s easy money. You pander to the conservatives with blocking propositions, get votes.

      *Who is going to champion the flip side?!"

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      VPN companies and data brokers have a financial incentive to lobby for intrusive age-verification and restrictions, and prudish politicians are conveniently present in every political system. The porn lobby is powerful, but it seems they’ve been losing this battle recently. Or maybe they’re cutting deals with the data brokers, who knows.