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Child safety bills are reshaping the internet for everyone (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Lawmakers across the country (United States) are trying to protect kids by age-gating parts of the internet.

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[–] skymtf@pricefield.org 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I love how this "sticking it to big tech" is also funded by big tech. The general goal of someone like Facebook with this legislation is pass a bunch of rules that only large companies like them can comply with, and watch mastodon instances and other attempts to detrown them end in FBI raids and more regulations.

[–] skymtf@pricefield.org 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not to mention none of this will actually protect children. When I was 14 I told an adult online about my life and they helped me make it through some rougher periods until I got to 18. I know the internet is highly imperfect but I think gate keeping kids out of it will just lead to more underground abuse and abuse that they don't find was abuse until they are adults.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The people who wrote this bill want people like you to suffer

[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly, they don't view children as people, they view them as objects and extensions of their parents/guardians.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

and that's really the root of the issue, isn't it?

[–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I remember how it went when I was a kid. Internet probably is the only reason why I'm not joining army of warmongerers or died in Ukraine.

To be fair it seems some adults need to be protected from some kids, but it is their adult problem.

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Think of all the extra info we can sell if we card everyone!

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

There is no Porn Big Tech big enough to be able to afford this legislation. From the article:

As recently as May, only a quarter of people trying to access Ford’s site even clicked the link to verify their age and only 9 percent of those users completed the process. Ford said it costs his company around $1.50 per person to verify their age, and there’s no promise that those who follow through will buy anything. Pornhub’s response has been far more aggressive, blocking all traffic from some of these restrictive states rather than paying the extra cost.

Remember it is part of the GOP's published plan for 2024 and beyond to ban pornography.

[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Bourgeois governments gonna bourgeois