This meme gotta be age verification enough
November 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
This meme gotta be age verification enough
On November 9 I'll be hosting a two hour webinar on my Verification, Deliberation, Accountability Framework, disordered discourse, democratic resilience, and approaches on building functional democratic publics
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Verification, Disordered Discourse, and the Repair of Democratic Reality Webinar - bellingcat
Register here for the Verification, Disordered Discourse, and the Repair of Democratic Reality webinar with Bellingcat founder, Eliot Higgins.
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November 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
On November 9 I'll be hosting a two hour webinar on my Verification, Deliberation, Accountability Framework, disordered discourse, democratic resilience, and approaches on building functional democratic publics
www.bellingcat.com/workshops/ve...
www.bellingcat.com/workshops/ve...
When I was in the Texas airport, I got carded to tweet 
November 1, 2026 at 1:57 AM
When I was in the Texas airport, I got carded to tweet 
Friends, let's dispel another rumor: Oregon has Voter ID. We verify each voter’s verification when they register, THEN we verify it again using forensic signature verification when voters return their ballots.
#OregonVotes #OregonElections #OregonNews #OrPol
#OregonVotes #OregonElections #OregonNews #OrPol
November 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Friends, let's dispel another rumor: Oregon has Voter ID. We verify each voter’s verification when they register, THEN we verify it again using forensic signature verification when voters return their ballots.
#OregonVotes #OregonElections #OregonNews #OrPol
#OregonVotes #OregonElections #OregonNews #OrPol
Take "age verification" laws. There's no such thing as "age verification" - there's just spying on *everyone*, all the time, creating (even more) records of all of our internet activities:
pluralistic.net/2026/05/19/s...
pluralistic.net/2026/05/19/s...
Pluralistic: There’s no such thing as “age verification” (19 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
November 2, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Take "age verification" laws. There's no such thing as "age verification" - there's just spying on *everyone*, all the time, creating (even more) records of all of our internet activities:
pluralistic.net/2026/05/19/s...
pluralistic.net/2026/05/19/s...
The actual purpose of age verification was for rich people to be able to make normal people less safe, so, they don’t care
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
www.techdirt.com
November 2, 2026 at 5:44 AM
The actual purpose of age verification was for rich people to be able to make normal people less safe, so, they don’t care
Really disappointing and disheartening to see so many folks following an account that completely sidesteps consent by sharing stolen content and has no age verification.
November 3, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Really disappointing and disheartening to see so many folks following an account that completely sidesteps consent by sharing stolen content and has no age verification.
Sadly, there is no verification of this.
November 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Sadly, there is no verification of this.
November 3, 2026 at 4:48 AM
So @carinr.bsky.social and I have a little something to share: new Lindisfarne material!
November 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
So @carinr.bsky.social and I have a little something to share: new Lindisfarne material!
Building this really showed me how terrible our election public reporting infrastructure is. About 10 states don't have readily accessible results that are machine readable to feed bots. So instead, I have to run scrapers and do human verification.
November 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Building this really showed me how terrible our election public reporting infrastructure is. About 10 states don't have readily accessible results that are machine readable to feed bots. So instead, I have to run scrapers and do human verification.
I disowned Pritzker after he endorsed forced age verification for adult websites.
November 2, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I disowned Pritzker after he endorsed forced age verification for adult websites.
Epic verification indeed. 🤣
November 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Epic verification indeed. 🤣
Just in case you were curious about my sympathies here, I think ParticleDB just lied about verifying their software.
November 2, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Just in case you were curious about my sympathies here, I think ParticleDB just lied about verifying their software.
obligatory voter verification post
November 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
obligatory voter verification post
"Verified" ✅️
These verification tests are getting out of hand- 😞
Oc: Goth C4ndy 💜
#nsfw #oc #originalcharacter
These verification tests are getting out of hand- 😞
Oc: Goth C4ndy 💜
#nsfw #oc #originalcharacter
October 31, 2026 at 12:07 PM
"Verified" ✅️
These verification tests are getting out of hand- 😞
Oc: Goth C4ndy 💜
#nsfw #oc #originalcharacter
These verification tests are getting out of hand- 😞
Oc: Goth C4ndy 💜
#nsfw #oc #originalcharacter
Sports bans are one of the big fronts against transphobia. A huge test will be Tuesday in WA and CO.
Know before you vote:
1 These bans are not based on science.
2 They are profoundly anti-girl. Republicans in WA want “sex verification” of all girls K-12.
That means genital exams.
Know before you vote:
1 These bans are not based on science.
2 They are profoundly anti-girl. Republicans in WA want “sex verification” of all girls K-12.
That means genital exams.
Too many Democrats concede as "fact" the stereotype-driven propaganda that far-right groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom have promoted: that trans athletes at all ages and forever have a competitive advantage and that safety, even, is at issue.
A long body of research disproves these claims
A long body of research disproves these claims
Republicans are putting transphobia on the November ballot in seven questions in five states. The measures reflect broad anti-feminist aims, from "sex verification" for girls to limits on reproductive rights, an analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social for Assigned Media and Important Context finds.
November 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Sports bans are one of the big fronts against transphobia. A huge test will be Tuesday in WA and CO.
Know before you vote:
1 These bans are not based on science.
2 They are profoundly anti-girl. Republicans in WA want “sex verification” of all girls K-12.
That means genital exams.
Know before you vote:
1 These bans are not based on science.
2 They are profoundly anti-girl. Republicans in WA want “sex verification” of all girls K-12.
That means genital exams.
I never believe anything from this regime without verification.
November 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I never believe anything from this regime without verification.
Age verification laws may sound fine in theory, but once you start paying attention beyond just "age verification" to the who, what, when, where and how of these laws, it's blatantly obvious that free speech and porn are under fire.
November 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Age verification laws may sound fine in theory, but once you start paying attention beyond just "age verification" to the who, what, when, where and how of these laws, it's blatantly obvious that free speech and porn are under fire.
Putin has increasingly backed crypto-friendly reforms to help Russian entities skirt Western sanctions and facilitate international trade. EVEDEX does not enforce KYC (identity verification) and uses decentralized smart contracts providing Russians a vehicle to move assets across borders.
November 1, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Putin has increasingly backed crypto-friendly reforms to help Russian entities skirt Western sanctions and facilitate international trade. EVEDEX does not enforce KYC (identity verification) and uses decentralized smart contracts providing Russians a vehicle to move assets across borders.
La politique de vérification de @mu.social est développée ici
Verification · mu
The Trusted Verifier Program on mu: a democratic, plural approach to verification. Verification tells you an account is who they claim to be.
hello.mu.social
November 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
La politique de vérification de @mu.social est développée ici
YouTube verification for Clienzo is done: the OAuth review and the separate API audit. Uploads can finally be public.
https://jonasnguyen.com/build-log/2026-10-10-youtube-verification-complete/
#buildinpublic
https://jonasnguyen.com/build-log/2026-10-10-youtube-verification-complete/
#buildinpublic
November 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
YouTube verification for Clienzo is done: the OAuth review and the separate API audit. Uploads can finally be public.
https://jonasnguyen.com/build-log/2026-10-10-youtube-verification-complete/
#buildinpublic
https://jonasnguyen.com/build-log/2026-10-10-youtube-verification-complete/
#buildinpublic
Please drink verification can to continue
November 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Please drink verification can to continue