Passkey Gatekeepers for Social Platforms

Platforms are beginning to outsource 'prove‑you're‑human' checks to a handful of passkey, biometric and identity vendors rather than building their own systems. That creates new choke points where Apple, Google, World ID operators, hardware‑key makers, and governments become de facto enforcers of platform authenticity and local law. — This shift changes who controls anonymity and enforcement online and concentrates leverage over speech, privacy, and compliance in vendor and OS ecosystems.