They're calling it "age verification" and touting it as a measure to protect children, but as is the case with most moral panics, the children are a pretext. New age verification laws require users to provide identification to use the internet, meaning anonymity is dead, and the risk of being targeted for your once-anonymous beliefs or likes are high. This is a largely bipartisan effort that has the potential to lead to a Minority Report-style crackdown on "precrime" based on online expressions of belief. Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz is ringing the alarm bell. Will the public resist before it's too late? Subscribe to Bad Faith with Briahna Joy Gray on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands)