https://codeberg.org/svin/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings
"An open-source intelligence investigation into how Meta Platforms built a multi-channel influence operation to pass age verification laws that shift regulatory burden from social media platforms onto Apple and Google's app stores."
Just poison this for META and politicians as something that flags children online. Every predator on earth can't wait for this to come in effect.
The Meta influence operation is just another layer of the onion. It's rarely about the stated goal and almost always about shifting the regulatory burden to keep the incumbents safe. Classic regulatory capture.
There's something about open-source intelligence that feels like the last frontier of truth. Digging through the code and the paper trail is the only way to see what's actually happening behind the curtain.