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This is obviously about kids. The problem is it requires surveillance. You don't get to decide what it's not about.
by philipallstar 4mo ago
This is obviously about kids. The problem is it requires surveillance. You don't get to decide what it's not about.
- arcza 4mo agoand why do you get to decide what it "is about"?
- philipallstar 4mo agoI didn't say people couldn't decide what it's about.
- cedws 4mo agoThe way this has been pushed through after countless attempts over the past decade, and push back from advising experts, does not feel like it originates from genuine concern for children. It feels like a state trying to wrestle for digital control amidst rising civil unrest.
- childofhedgehog 4mo agoHow is it “obviously about the kids”? Is it because they mentioned them? I would argue it will impact the kids but this isn’t being done for their benefit, it’s being done to regulate what we have access to as a whole. Slippery slope coming up!
- folkrav 4mo agoAlmost anything can be made "about the kids" with the right framing.
- haunter 4mo agoIt will apply to everyone once you have to prove you are over 16. Kids are just the excuse.
- theultdev 4mo agoRiddle me this. If you have to verify yourself to prove you are over 16, did that just deanonymize you? Yes.
- philipallstar 4mo agoGood job I said this, then: > The problem is it requires surveillance.
- theultdev 4mo agoSo it's not "obviously about kids" then.
- philipallstar 4mo agoThis is like saying "people using cars to get places is really about oil".
- theultdev 4mo agoif it was about kids they would have mandated parental controls. not universal account verification. people are stupid now though, so I guess they took their shot.
- philipallstar 4mo agoHow can the system tell if someone's a parent or not.
- theultdev 4mo agoThe system can't. That's the beauty of it. It's up for the parents to enable it for their kids. Just mandate that certain parental features are AVAIALABLE to parents. It's up to the parents to parent their kids. Not the government. But if you want to mandate something, mandate tools for the parents.