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The episode discusses the implications and dangers of mandating age verification on the Internet.

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the dangers of trying to mandate age verification on the Internet . In the news, Discord embarks on a disastrous age verification scheme , Anthropic is mad that other "AI" companies are using their product , and Goldman Sachs launches an AI-free index . Related Links Forum Thread Age Verification on the Internet Discord Chat Age Verification on the Internet Bluesky Post Age Verification on the Internet Things of the Day Rym -  Unicode Explorer Scott -  The Sharp PC-2000 Computer Boombox from 1979

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