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The goal is controling the flow of information online. "protecting the children" may or may not be a sincere concern but ultimately censorship is what is desire
by b00ty4breakfast 11mo ago
The goal is controling the flow of information online. "protecting the children" may or may not be a sincere concern but ultimately censorship is what is desired here.
- sigmoid10 11mo agoSame way the government needs to read all your emails because some terrorist on the other side of the world may or may not be using email as well to communicate.
- subscribed 11mo agoWhenever "think of the children" shows up as a pretend-genuine argument, you may bet on it being a scam/grift. Read about the infamous EU's chat control and lobbying behind it: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then https://mullvad.net/en/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then
- DuperPower 11mo agopedo and terror the 2 excuses
- bergfest 11mo agoIt’s almost like they need these to exist.
- SwtCyber 11mo agoYep, "think of the children" has become the go-to excuse for all kinds of overreach
- EasyMark 11mo agoUltimately information is power, especially now. Governments naturally gravitate to wanting more and more power. Authoritarian types are all around, and their power is growing in the current political climate of America as they see a method that works, turning Americans against each other and creating national scares which in turn can be used to gain more control over every aspect of our lives
- bloppe 11mo agoI think Hanlon's razor probably applies here. There's no way the average Wisconsin legislator understands this bill.
- soraminazuki 11mo agoNo. Stop using Hanlon's razor as a magic word that lets those in power evade responsibility for turning tech against people. They already excel at dodging consequences without anyone resorting to lazy two word arguments in their defense. It doesn't take a computer genius to understand the broader implications this has on civil society. If they genuinely lack the insight to comprehend this, then they certainly wouldn’t be using children as a shield.
- bloppe 11mo agoI'm not saying they should get a pass for being incompetent. I'm just saying we shouldn't lose our heads theorizing malice.
- array_key_first 11mo agoIt's not theoretical - governments all over the world have attempted censorship and surveillance for thousands of years. This isn't some new thing that we're all cooking up right now. We, and they, already know what this is for.
- b00ty4breakfast 11mo agohow about Asimov's 3rd Law of Stupid: sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice
- bloppe 11mo agoFair enough, but still worth being accurate.