UK's Social Media Ban: The Monumental Pretext for Total Digital Surveillance

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Comment by r721 56 minutes ago

>modernity.news

This is Paul Joseph Watson's website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joseph_Watson

Comment by smalltorch 3 hours ago

I wonder what UK thinks about private social media or a model similar to the one I've tried to create with nanogram.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558511

Kids get all the benefits of social media and have a creative outlet, and also a parent, trusted operator, or even the kid maintains control of the platform.

Making user-to-user apps banned seems like a giant overstep and inconsiderate.

Comment by type0 2 hours ago

> I wonder what UK thinks

UK doesn't think, UK government thinks 1984 is a great manual.

Comment by smalltorch 2 hours ago

Are uk citizens actually going to provide an ID though after it's in effect? Surely there is a tipping point where people actually don't value the platforms enough to do these things.

Comment by cyanydeez 3 hours ago

So, it really looks like we should ban most social media via regulatory controls _INSIDE_ their offices.

Instead, we're just trying to avoid focus on realistic regulatory concerns for global oligarchs.

Comment by smalltorch 2 hours ago

'No that's too hard let's just ban them them all and require age verification for everyone'...

Comment by cyanydeez 2 hours ago

so 4chan always used "((()))" for their racism. Perhaps we need to implement Postgresql $$$oligarchs$$$ around things that are clearly being implemented because doing the right thing would bother $$$them$$$.

Comment by smalltorch 38 minutes ago

I want my kids to swim in the creek

Comment by cyanydeez 27 minutes ago

cool, have the government enforce existing regulations aabout fraud, monopolies, enticement, incitement, and all the other dark patterns social media uses to keep them addicted.