While the EU are investing in self hosted, open source technologies to get away from the US, the UK is doing the opposite.
Story of the UK in general.
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When Tiktok was taken offline for 24 hours and it's users noted that it "came back wrong" with suggestions for certain things missing for American users, we should've listened.
It already started.
no. just no. Notepad exists to edit .txt files, not to fucking give me AI shit.
What if the Messiah is like the avatar cycle and every generation the Messiah comes back to teach the world shit.
If Jesus came back and came to America, he would be shot within 10 minutes of opening his mouth and 100 years later a new religion would be started with a Glock as it's symbol.
"You might remember us as the software that gave your computer a virus, now we can give your body a virus."
Breaking news: Reddit is on fire again. In other news, rain contains water and Twitter is full of Nazis. More at ten.
it's not about immorality, it's to limit the access to outside information in a country where most internet access is done through smartphones.
Pretty much because my smartphone is basically my digital Swiss army knife. Like even if I got a separate digital camera and MP3 Player, I also use it for navigation and to communicate with my parents and friends over signal, and like hell I am gonna give up signal. Add to that it's also my portable wifi hotspot when I'm out, my train tickets, and how I pay for things when I'm sans-purse, I don't know if I can give up my smartphone.
Would it be good for me to get off social media and to stop doomscrolling the news? Yes, but I can do that by going out and touching grass.
Yeah, and again: the thing with mass shooters is that they don’t give a fuck what the law says.
They're not going to go through the phone checkpoint, they're just gonna open fire. This would not stop a mass shooting.
Yeah but the thing with mass shooters is that they don't give a fuck what the law says.
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I know. It's not only an invasion of everyone's privacy but also pretty fucking unworkable. Hopefully people in charge will realise just how unworkable it is in time. However...Guestures at the UK and OSA