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But it is needed to protect the children. The politicians say so, so it has to be true. Being against this is very dangerous to our children and democracy. Ther
by jck86 3mo ago
But it is needed to protect the children. The politicians say so, so it has to be true. Being against this is very dangerous to our children and democracy. There is no alternative.
Seriously, there is something tremendously wrong with governance when politicians keep changing the whole world around us, without us having any say in it at all. The threat this measure poses to the internet and society is significant, yet it is being pushed through without any substantial debate or push back. This just is not how decent and actual democracies should function. What messed up timeline is this?
- roundabout-host 3mo agoChildren die from wrongly-prepared food, thus we should only allow people to eat at McDonald's from now on! /s
- leonvoss 3mo agoWhen they run out of other rights to destroy, they will pipe videos of little girls crying from food poisoning into your e-verified telescreen during ChildSafe^TM viewing hours, and the result will be that you will get to choose between two state approved restaurants thereafter.
- mrec 3mo agoTwo? Since the Franchise Wars, all restaurants are Taco Bell.
- anal_reactor 3mo ago> Seriously, there is something tremendously wrong with governance when politicians keep changing the whole world around us, without us having any say in it at all. That's where you're wrong. Most people actually do agree with age verification. Just because a decision is stupid it doesn't mean it's undemocratic. Trump was elected democratically, twice. Brexit passed through a referendum.
- spwa4 3mo agoLuckily, the EU's current structure was put to a referendum. That referendum then failed to get the votes needed, so they implemented it anyway. Much superior. It's just like democracy. Without the "dem(b)" part. Much better now. We have such warm feelings about it! What could possibly go wrong with doing such strong governance and extreme-right parties polling at record highs in more than half the EU countries? We have warm feelings now. Or maybe the warm feelings the result of 30 years of climate action in the EU. Luckily, the extreme right is hard at work defending our right to airconditioning!
- joquarky 3mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- roundabout-host 3mo agoMaybe it depends on how you frame it. > Social media is destroying children's brains! Do you want access to be delayed until a certain age? > Do you want children under a certain age to be banned from social media, which means that you will now have to give your ID, only with Android or iOS?
- anal_reactor 3mo ago> only with Android or iOS 99% of people understand this as "you need a smartphone" which is not a problem in 2026, even for the elderly.
- roundabout-host 3mo ago"only if you choose to share your personal data with either Google or Apple"?
- anal_reactor 3mo agoHow is that different from having a banking app installed? Or a government ID app?
- inigyou 3mo agoMaybe we should protect the children and then they couldn't use the excuse
- leonvoss 3mo agotheir parents won't protect them and everyone else has to pay for it. maybe they shouldn't have been allowed to have kids.
- inigyou 3mo agoNothing could possibly go wrong with eugenics
- BoingBoomTschak 3mo agoThe Idiocracy scenario we've stepped into isn't much better...
- bennettnate5 3mo agoIt is. It's far from good, but it's much better than eugenics.
- moi2388 3mo agoIt can, but we’re quite good at it with all animals and plants..
- Terr_ 3mo ago> The politicians say so, so it has to be true. The Politician's Syllogism (or Fallacy) [0]: 1. We must do something. 2. This is something. 3. Therefore, we must do this. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism