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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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Cassandrich @dalias@hachyderm.io

3/15/2026, 2:20:29 AM

Public

So it turns out the report on Facebook being behind the gigantic sudden push for "age verification" laws was LLM slop. 🤬 https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

The underlying facts are ~probably~ still true, but the doubt this casts are immensely harmful and delay action.

This is one of the many ways LLMs destroy the ability to trust information: by undermining the credibility of likely well-meaning people who use them.

I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills. The answer involves a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.

# EDIT/UPDATE: # New post and research at...

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