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Nah that’s silly, because Google has been doing all that already for the past quarter century. This “age verification” shit isn’t going to move the needle on th

by acheron 6mo ago

Nah that’s silly, because Google has been doing all that already for the past quarter century. This “age verification” shit isn’t going to move the needle on the Google-created dystopia we already have. The time to worry about not having a digital cage was quite awhile ago. Instead tech people pushed Chrome and Android and Gmail and ads onto us.

Barbing 6mo ago
Is Google tracking which teenagers make which posts on 4chan? Curious about via Google Chrome versus not
mcdow 6mo ago
Chrome, Android, and Gmail are optional to use.
- vrganj 6mo ago
  So is social media.
  - afpx 6mo ago
    It's framed as being only for social media. But, really, it's about network access. Without network access, it's difficult to thrive in the modern world. Are you not alarmed at the possibility that a person's network access could be cut arbitrarily and at-will?
    - vrganj 6mo ago
      I'm mostly alarmed by kids parroting Andrew Tate and a whole generation being raised propagandised by Tiktok brainwashing.
      - afpx 6mo ago
        Why? Kids have had access to the internet for over 30 years. What is the tiktok brainwashing (I don't use it), and how do you qualify the danger of it from say google news brainwashing, or even (gasp) public school brainwashing? I mean, if we're going to group ban information, at least let people in the local communities make those decisions. Otherwise, we're going to get the Epstein class making these decisions.
        tardedmeme 6mo ago
        If you've been paying attention, you know what GP is talking about and you don't make such silly equivocations.
        afpx 6mo ago
        I guess I haven't been paying attention. Could you post a link so I can see what you are all talking about?
        vrganj 6mo ago
        Here's a bunch of interrelated links: https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktok-prompting-users-follow-far-right-extremist-accounts https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktok-prompting-users-f... https://www.dcu.ie/antibullyingcentre/recommending-toxicity# https://www.dcu.ie/antibullyingcentre/recommending-toxicity# https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/06/social-media-algorithms-amplifying-misogynistic-content https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/06/social-media-a... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/technology/facebook-like-share-buttons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/technology/facebook-like-... https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464445 https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boo... https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-men-and-women-most-divided-on-gender-equality-global-study-shows https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-men-and-women-most-divided-... I see the societal turmoil and strife this will feed as much more dangerous and concrete than some abstract high-minded discussion about slippery slopes. Our society is being torn apart as we speak. We don't have the luxury of philosophizing about what-ifs.
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by acheron 6mo ago

Barbing 6mo ago

Is Google tracking which teenagers make which posts on 4chan? Curious about via Google Chrome versus not

mcdow 6mo ago

Chrome, Android, and Gmail are optional to use.

vrganj 6mo ago
So is social media.
- afpx 6mo ago
  It's framed as being only for social media. But, really, it's about network access. Without network access, it's difficult to thrive in the modern world. Are you not alarmed at the possibility that a person's network access could be cut arbitrarily and at-will?
  - vrganj 6mo ago
    I'm mostly alarmed by kids parroting Andrew Tate and a whole generation being raised propagandised by Tiktok brainwashing.
    - afpx 6mo ago
      Why? Kids have had access to the internet for over 30 years. What is the tiktok brainwashing (I don't use it), and how do you qualify the danger of it from say google news brainwashing, or even (gasp) public school brainwashing? I mean, if we're going to group ban information, at least let people in the local communities make those decisions. Otherwise, we're going to get the Epstein class making these decisions.
      - tardedmeme 6mo ago
        If you've been paying attention, you know what GP is talking about and you don't make such silly equivocations.
        afpx 6mo ago
        I guess I haven't been paying attention. Could you post a link so I can see what you are all talking about?
        vrganj 6mo ago
        Here's a bunch of interrelated links: https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktok-prompting-users-follow-far-right-extremist-accounts https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktok-prompting-users-f... https://www.dcu.ie/antibullyingcentre/recommending-toxicity# https://www.dcu.ie/antibullyingcentre/recommending-toxicity# https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/06/social-media-algorithms-amplifying-misogynistic-content https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/06/social-media-a... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/technology/facebook-like-share-buttons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/technology/facebook-like-... https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464445 https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boo... https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-men-and-women-most-divided-on-gender-equality-global-study-shows https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-men-and-women-most-divided-... I see the societal turmoil and strife this will feed as much more dangerous and concrete than some abstract high-minded discussion about slippery slopes. Our society is being torn apart as we speak. We don't have the luxury of philosophizing about what-ifs.
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