Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing – Dropsafe

Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing

2026/06/29 02:57:12 BST

Threats to online anonymity harm everyone, but one group is often overlooked: journalists and the sources who talk to them. Age verification requirements will help the Trump administration carry out its vendetta against the press by creating new avenues to identify journalists’ confidential sources.

https://theintercept.com/2026/06/28/age-verification-privacy-surveillance-journalists-whistleblowers/

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