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I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills (www.reddit.com)
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God, I hate posting a Reddit comment, but this is huge. Every claim is sourced (I have not verified personally).

Edit: Well, Reddit does what reddit does, it's been removed. Here is a github link: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/985257

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[โ€“] deafboy@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The idea of a national ID would never pass in the US. Both parties are against it for various reasons.

[โ€“] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 16 hours ago

Well it would facilitate ICE's work somewhat.