"It's a smokescreen" – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and NordVPN become unlikely allies as they blast age verification laws

"It's a smokescreen" – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and NordVPN become unlikely allies as they blast age verification laws

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and NordVPN have criticized new age verification proposals, warning they could lead to widespread online surveillance and technical problems.

Scientists Push Back on Age Verification Mandates

A growing coalition of computer scientists, privacy researchers, and security experts has signed an open letter opposing age verification mandates, some of which are scheduled to take effect in January 2027. The letter, hosted at csa-scientist-open-letter.org, argues that the technical approaches governments are demanding don’t actually work as promised — and that they’d create massive new privacy and security risks for everyone online, not just…