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

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smalltorch•about 2 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.

type0•about 2 hours ago

> I wonder what UK thinks

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

smalltorch•about 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.

cyanydeez•about 2 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.

smalltorch•about 2 hours ago

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

cyanydeez•about 1 hour 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 $$$them$$$.

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

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