The Internet Wants Your Papers

AJnet Magazine title card for "The Internet Wants Your Papers," featuring a person at a computer facing an age verification screen with facial recognition scanning and government ID requirements.

The internet was built on anonymity. Now governments and corporations want age verification, facial recognition, and mandatory ID checks. Is this really about protecting children, or is it about building a more controlled internet?

Google’s “Helpful Content” Update Killed Blogs

Title card showing a Google search for “angry jerk” beside the headline “Google’s ‘Helpful Content’ Isn’t Helping Anyone.”

Google keeps saying it wants helpful content, but independent websites like AJnet Magazine are being buried while the same giant brands dominate every search result. I’m not pretending I haven’t made mistakes with this site, but when AngryJerk.net can’t rank for “angry jerk,” something is seriously broken.