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Discord’s age verification mandate is a leap toward a gated internet|EXCLUSIVE:

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Discord is about to force some of the people who use its messaging app to make a choice: Use the platform with restricted features, or prove their age. It’s a move that platforms have been slowly approaching, but Discord’s teen-by-default rollout is a stronger clampdown that could offer a glimpse at an age-gated future on … Read more

How Japan’s prime minister will use her massive new mandate

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TAKAICHI SANAE gambled her position as Japan’s prime minister by calling a snap election. Her bet has paid off. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) triumphed on February 8th. With vote-counting still under way the LDP has already won a commanding majority of parliament’s powerful lower house; it looks set to secure a two-thirds supermajority, … Read more