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Is this a real thing even worth discussing or just some silly performative stunt? Nobody is seriously considering this as a real thing we want to implement in s

Is this a real thing even worth discussing or just some silly performative stunt? Nobody is seriously considering this as a real thing we want to implement in society right? Right??

celestialcheese 4y ago
The negative effects of social media on children are absolutely something we should be discussing. Kids spend an unbelievable amount of time online in these networks, and it's having a real consequences. We already require by law blocking access to kids under 13 in certain situations, so it's not without precedent. Why would you think this is something that is so far outside the reasonable to not warrant discussion here or in govt?
- modzu 4y ago
  having photo ids floating around the internet is its own set of problems
- loeg 4y ago
  > We already require by law blocking access to kids under 13 in certain situations The COPPA age-gating on 13 years old is trivially bypassed by most 13 year olds. It definitely won't keep teens off social media. But adding ID verification to enforce it is dystopian.
modzu 4y ago
cf: the december amendments to bill c-11 currently being debated in canada including age verification to access online media
jfengel 4y ago
The issue is real, but the bill is a stunt. It's not actually going to pass or even get any real time in committee. It won't make it out of committee; if somehow it did, it would be voted down. It gets people talking about the issue, and it puts the guy on the social calendar for talking with other people about the issue. That's how politics works: people talking with each other. The actual votes are only the final stage, and really the least important.
anigbrowl 4y ago
Lots of things are silly performative stunts until they aren't. The Governor of Texas has also formally declared that the state is subject to an invasion (in the military sense) and that he intends to act independently of the federal government with regard to the Mexican border. https://www.borderwall.texas.gov https://www.borderwall.texas.gov

Is this a real thing even worth discussing or just some silly performative stunt? Nobody is seriously considering this as a real thing we want to implement in society right? Right??

celestialcheese 4y ago

The negative effects of social media on children are absolutely something we should be discussing. Kids spend an unbelievable amount of time online in these networks, and it's having a real consequences. We already require by law blocking access to kids under 13 in certain situations, so it's not without precedent. Why would you think this is something that is so far outside the reasonable to not warrant discussion here or in govt?

modzu 4y ago
having photo ids floating around the internet is its own set of problems
loeg 4y ago
> We already require by law blocking access to kids under 13 in certain situations The COPPA age-gating on 13 years old is trivially bypassed by most 13 year olds. It definitely won't keep teens off social media. But adding ID verification to enforce it is dystopian.

modzu 4y ago

cf: the december amendments to bill c-11 currently being debated in canada including age verification to access online media

jfengel 4y ago

The issue is real, but the bill is a stunt. It's not actually going to pass or even get any real time in committee. It won't make it out of committee; if somehow it did, it would be voted down. It gets people talking about the issue, and it puts the guy on the social calendar for talking with other people about the issue. That's how politics works: people talking with each other. The actual votes are only the final stage, and really the least important.

anigbrowl 4y ago

Lots of things are silly performative stunts until they aren't. The Governor of Texas has also formally declared that the state is subject to an invasion (in the military sense) and that he intends to act independently of the federal government with regard to the Mexican border. https://www.borderwall.texas.gov https://www.borderwall.texas.gov