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Hard no. Reality is that this push is everywhere. Authoritarian governments are cracking down hard on dissent, they're not going to leave huge platforms for com
by seneca 7mo ago
Hard no. Reality is that this push is everywhere. Authoritarian governments are cracking down hard on dissent, they're not going to leave huge platforms for communication untouched. We'll need open source decentralized alternatives.
- accrual 7mo agoIndeed, the article basically says as much in more pacifying terms: > driven by an international legal push for age checks and stronger child safety measures
- SV_BubbleTime 7mo agoI’m always amazed that despite decades of evidence… there are people that not only don’t know that you can do anything if you say “it’s for the children” but they’ll actively support it.
- SoftTalker 7mo agoHN: Social media is terrible and ruining kids' mental health. Also HN: Any attempt to limit access to verified adults is an "authoritarian crackdown" and totally unacceptable.
- z0r 7mo agoChildren generally have these things called "parents" who are supposedly responsible for their well being. Oh hey, suddenly there isn't a contradiction.
- SoftTalker 7mo agoRight, helicopter parenting. Gets a lot of praise here, I forgot.
- hiccup_socks 7mo agoyou may be surprised to learn that you can be a parent and have rules without being a "helicopter parent". given your other bad faith comments in this thread, though, im sure you know that and are just trying to be contrarian for... fun? is it fun?
- iso1631 7mo agoEmpower parents. Parental controls are a minefield - especially with competing companies (ea, microsoft, steam, nintendo, apple) all doing their best to get you to turn them off so they can push lootboxes and other junk more easily.
- pseudalopex 7mo agoHN commenters are many. Not 1. And 1 person can believe 2 things are bad.
- enforcer0912 7mo ago[dead]