UK Politicians Continue to Miss the Point in Latest Social Media Ban Proposal (www.eff.org)

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The UK is moving forward with its efforts to ban social media for young people. Ahead of this week’s House of Lords debate on the topic, we’re getting you situated with a primer on what’s been happening and what it all means.

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[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 4 points 5 months ago

support*

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

Open Defiance and circumvention is the only moral response to this. Age verification is evil it's designed to hurt children get the facts

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

This is about a moral panic and centralization of access to knowledge, how can it be interpreted otherwise if that is by far the biggest shortterm and longterm impact?

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