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The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz

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The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz

www.theguardian.com

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Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

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