By Gary D. Barnett
GaryDBarnett.com
January 15, 2026
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."
In May of 2025, the governor of the state of Virginia signed into 'law' the bill that imposes major restrictions on social media use by minors, in this case those under 16 years of age. The newest version of this bill took effect on January 1st, 2026, and limits any minor under the age of 16 to one hour of screen time. There can be exceptions granted, but the bill is targeted toward social media operators, and requires commercial methods be used for age verification. The state 'claims' that this of course is meant to "protect the children," (minors) but that is just pure hogwash, as this is strictly a method to advance additional control measures.
Currently, there are 8 states that have passed legislation to block screen time for minors, but 25 want to implement these bans currently. I am not endorsing that kids should be on phones and devices non-stop, and in fact, I think it harmful and a mistake, but this is up to parents to decide, not the government. Government has no place in raising the kids of this citizenry, and since government and its members are the most corrupt and perverted class of people, why would any allow their families to be taken over by the State?
But this is not about protecting minors, it is about control. By passing these heinous censorship 'laws,' the State is setting up a control grid based on age verification. This will require at some point (happening already) that everyone using a phone, or other device, will be required to give their personal information in order to verify age. This will not be restricted to minors, it will be a tracking and tracing of every single individual who wants to access apps, sites, and most importantly for the State monsters, it will be used to require everyone to verify their age and identity to access the internet. This is a pure surveillance tool, and the plot only begins with the minors, but will become mandatory for everyone in the near future.
Government, and the actual rulers behind the scenes, in order to have complete control over large numbers of people, need to monitor and surveil every single individual, and make them dependent on the State for their very existence. This is all part of the drive toward an all-encompassing AI system, including digital Ids, biometric collection, a digitized monetary system, the elimination of cash and all private transactions, tracking of one hundred percent of financial transactions, and is the reason that the evil Trump and the cadre of low-life political refuse in state government, want to pass 'laws' requiring extensive data collection.
This will eventually include facial recognition, fingerprinting, voice collection, eye scans, DNA samples, and other, so that every move you make can be monitored, surveilled, collected, data-based, and used against you. Since all your information will be in the hands of government, you will become completely programable, allowing for entry or restriction restraints for everything you do, which means State control over every single aspect of your being. Travel will be only by permission, food choices and access to your digital currency will be based on behavior and what choices you make. This sounds like science fiction, but it is in fact the non-fiction reality of the coming matrix.
In case you do not remember, just recently Trump set up a draconian system of entry requirements for all visitors from 42 different countries, including several close U.S. allies. As reported:
"Tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump Administration plans."
"In a notice published on Tuesday, the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) said it would also require any telephone numbers used by visitors over the same period, and any email addresses used in the last decade, as well as face, fingerprint, DNA and iris biometrics. It would also ask for the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children."
If you think that these rules will always only apply to foreign visitors, think again. All of this was structured to use universally, not just for incoming travelers. One trip to the airport should convince you that these things will be meant for everyone at some point in the not so distant future.
Incremental tyranny works much better than short-term forced change, and this country has been the king of incremental totalitarianism over many decades. Now, the tyrannical state model sought by the ruling cabal is just a few steps away from completion. This will not end with the age verification requirements for minors, but will only explode into mass surveillance of this entire society.
The State's control grid for all is already in the works, so do not be fooled by the nefarious government excuse of "protecting the children," for that is always propagandized rhetorical nonsense meant only to be used to lure you into the trap of enslavement. In this particular circumstance, compliance to these mandates will guarantee that your awaiting prison will be the cage you build for yourself by allowing government to take over you and your children's lives, and accepting government lies claiming that it is there to protect you.
"The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it."
~ Felix Frankfurter
Reprinted with permission from GaryDBarnett.com.