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minus-squareell1e@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·16 hours agoFind your EU representatives here https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#delegates enter your country in the dropdown box to get the list. Then write them you don’t want mandatory age verification, let alone VPN bans. Even the age verification itself is highly controversial: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/21/two-major-studies-125000-kids-the-social-media-panic-doesnt-hold-up/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/11/6/britain-calls-it-safety-it-is-censorship https://www.eff.org/pages/age-verification-wont-protect-children https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bellovin/ Explain that it seems to be unclear if it will even help kids, and even if it does, it seems unclear if the damage to a free society will be worth it. (Please note ChatControl has no direct connection to this as far as I’m aware, that website just happens to have an easy to access list of representatives.)
Find your EU representatives here https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#delegates enter your country in the dropdown box to get the list.
Then write them you don’t want mandatory age verification, let alone VPN bans. Even the age verification itself is highly controversial: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/21/two-major-studies-125000-kids-the-social-media-panic-doesnt-hold-up/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/11/6/britain-calls-it-safety-it-is-censorship https://www.eff.org/pages/age-verification-wont-protect-children https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bellovin/ Explain that it seems to be unclear if it will even help kids, and even if it does, it seems unclear if the damage to a free society will be worth it.
(Please note ChatControl has no direct connection to this as far as I’m aware, that website just happens to have an easy to access list of representatives.)