EU Age Verification App Sparks Ban on Non Google Licensed Android Apps

"Please show your ID to install an app" "Please show your ID to see protest pictures" "Please show your ID to have an opinion". The dystopian authoritarian future is here. Time to apologize to the 'tinfoil hats' that were mocked when they suggested this would happen?

Is there anyone in government(s) who understand technology?

I mistakenly assumed that by the time I'd gotten old that we'd have some folks somewhat more capable and able to see more than one step ahead at a time. I think I was wrong.

A ban on anonymity or apps is equivalent to a ban on free speech, and by extension, democracy