**Previous Episode: [[BDE331]]** **Next Episode: [[BDE333]]** %%Post image thumbnail below.%%  > [!abstract|no-i] **Episode Overview** **Date Aired:** [[06-18-2024]] **Title:** The Digital Impact Alliance **Episode:** 332 **Description:** From the architects of ID2020 comes the latest attempt at erasing digital anonymity… and it's working. **Link:** https://rumble.com/v52e4xu-big-dig-energy-332-the-digital-impact-alliance.html **Tags:** #DigitalID %%<https://historydraft.com/happened/what-happened/1-January/world>%% ## Replay %% Get embed URL then highlight and hit ALT + I%% <iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v501w2x/?pub=6eeyh" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> <br> ## Greetings & Announcements 1. My back is healed. 2. The next episode (333) is going to be a wild one, as per your requests. So make sure you're here on Thursday! ## Segments > [!quote] George Orwell <br><i>1984</i> > <p style="font-size:125%"><font color="#ffffff"> “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” </font></p> ### The Pornhub Panic People visiting Pornhub in Kentucky and Louisiana now face a countdown to the days they have left before the site blocks itself from their states, as a result of age verification legislation.  "Did you know that your government wants you to give your driver's license before you can access PORNHUB?," the message says, "As crazy as that sounds, it's true. As of July 10, you'll be required to prove you are 18 years or older such as by uploading your government ID for every adult content website you'd like to access. We don't want minors accessing our site and think preventing that from happening is a good thing. But putting everybody's privacy at risk won't achieve that." It links to a video about device-based verification and an op-ed on the topic by Pornhub's Head of Community and Brand Alexzandra Kekesi. [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkhn5Btakgw): <iframe title="Making the Internet Safer with Device-Based Age Verification" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fkhn5Btakgw?feature=oembed" height="113" width="200" style="aspect-ratio: 1.78041 / 1; width: 100%; height: 100%;" allowfullscreen="" allow="fullscreen"></iframe> [Op-ed](https://archive.ph/NCvQP):  --- [My Response](https://twitter.com/SomeBitchIIKnow/status/1802758581638386065):  [The Comments](https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1802429904698380633) --- When their time is up, Kentucky and Indiana will join multiple other states where Pornhub has blocked itself in order to remain compliant with age verification laws, including Texas, Montana, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Utah. Indiana's Senate Enrolled Act 17 will require adult websites to verify users' ages with government ID or another "reasonable" method, and is set to go into effect on July 1. Kentucky's law is set to take effect on July 15. Pornhub's parent company Aylo, along with several other porn sites and the industry advocacy group The Free Speech Coalition, recently filed a federal lawsuit against Indiana, arguing that it violates the First Amendment. On X, Indiana attorney general Todd Roika wrote that the law is meant to "protect and shield them from the psychological and emotional consequences associated with viewing porn" and that he intends to defend the law in court.  "We will continue to fight for the rights of adults to access the internet free of shame and surveillance," Alison Boden, executive director of Free Speech Coalition, said in a press release. "While they may sound reasonable on their face, laws like SB17 have effectively functioned as state censorship." [Free Speech Coalition Sues Indiana to Block Age-Verification Law — Free Speech Coalition](https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/free-speech-coalition-sues-indiana-to-block-age-verification-law?ref=404media.co) <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://assets.freespeechcoalition.com/documents/legal/FSCvRokita/Complaint.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> --- <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://assets.freespeechcoalition.com/documents/legal/FSCvRokita/BriefSupportingPI.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> In April, [Chaturbate was ordered to pay Texas](https://www.404media.co/chaturbate-texas-ordered-to-pay-age-verification-law/) a $675,000 fine as part of a settlement over its violation of the state's age verification law. But these laws aren't spreading and passing across the country with total success: Arizona governor Katie Hobbs [vetoed the state’s would-be age verification bill](https://www.404media.co/arizona-governor-veto-age-verification-bill/), saying, "The legislation goes against settled case law," and "it should be bipartisan and work within the bounds of the First Amendment, which this bill does not." Online safety and free speech experts say that the age verification laws spreading across the country are [not only unconstitutional but ineffective](https://www.404media.co/age-verification-laws-will-drag-us-back-to-the-dark-ages-of-online-porn/), and threaten to make the problem of children accessing harmful material worse, while stifling adults' access to porn.  "To be clear, Aylo has publicly supported age verification of users for years, but we believe that any law to this effect must preserve user safety and privacy, and must effectively protect children from accessing content intended for adults," [Aylo told Kentucky’s Spectrum News 1 in a statement](https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2024/06/17/porn-site-age-verification-kentucky?ref=404media.co). ### Digital ID Drama #### Gates Foundation [Gates Foundation Awards $4M Grant To Fund Digital ID Initiative](https://reclaimthenet.org/gates-foundation-awards-4m-grant-to-fund-digital-id-initiative) #### WEF [Document Link](https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Making_a_Difference_2024.pdf)  #### ID2020 [ID2020 | GHPC | Digital Identity Alliance](https://www.id2020.org/) > ID2020 and the Digital Impact Alliance announced plans to unite in the push for digital transformation efforts to serve the best interests and wellbeing of people and society in August 2023. The Digital Impact Alliance now houses ID2020's unique knowledge, products, and expertise in digital ID, and will integrate the importance of ethical digital ID in the continued promotion of inclusive and trusted digital public infrastructure and data governance. [We share a common cause with our donors: to ensure data and digital technology benefits people and communities. – Digital Impact Alliance](https://dial.global/about-the-digital-impact-alliance/our-donors/) [Link](https://www.id2020.org/assets/pdf/GHP_Interoperability_Blueprint-v1.0.0.pdf) <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://www.id2020.org/assets/pdf/GHP_Interoperability_Blueprint-v1.0.0.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> #### States [New York Pushes Online Digital ID Age Verification Law](https://reclaimthenet.org/new-york-pushes-online-digital-id-age-verification-law) [New York's "SAFE" Digital ID Act For Kids Threatens Online Free Speech and Privacy](https://reclaimthenet.org/new-yorks-safe-act-for-kids-threatens-online-free-speech-and-privacy) #### US Government [Surgeon General Murthy Advocates for Digital ID to Combat Online "Misinformation" and Protect Youth](https://reclaimthenet.org/surgeon-general-murthy-advocates-for-digital-id-to-combat-online-misinformation-and-protect-youth) %%Footer Starts Here%% --- <center><img src="https://archive.is/do5ay/df25cfff93575f174c387ac9f4c64744da0fadb9.png" alt="Keep digging!" height="100px"></center> --- ## Tags #DigitalID ### Linked Pages & Footnotes [Covid-Hearing Witness Lays Out Overwhelming Case for Lab-Leak Theory | National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/news/covid-hearing-witness-lays-out-overwhelming-case-for-lab-leak-theory-in-blockbuster-opening-statement/) [Origins of COVID-19: An Examination of Available Evidence - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs](https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/origins-of-covid-19-an-examination-of-available-evidence/) [Anatomy of the Shallow State ⋆ Brownstone Institute](https://brownstone.org/articles/anatomy-of-the-shallow-state/)