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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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[โ€“] skymtf@pricefield.org -1 points 1 year ago (1 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.

[โ€“] skymtf@pricefield.org 0 points 1 year ago

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.