UK's Social Media Ban: The Monumental Pretext for Total Digital Surveillance(modernity.news)

16 pointsby arrowsmith7 hours ago2 comments

smalltorch7 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.
- type06 hours ago
  > I wonder what UK thinks
  UK doesn't think, UK government thinks 1984 is a great manual.
  - smalltorch6 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.
- cyanydeez6 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.
  - smalltorch6 hours ago
    'No that's too hard let's just ban them them all and require age verification for everyone'...
    cyanydeez5 hours 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 $$$them$$$.
    smalltorch4 hours ago
    I want my kids to swim in the creek
    cyanydeez4 hours ago
    cool, have the government enforce existing regulations aabout fraud, monopolies, enticement, incitement, and all the other dark patterns social media uses to keep them addicted.
    smalltorch3 hours ago
    I think I'm more of a effect change from the bottom up kinda guy.
    It's just too far gone.
r7214 hours ago
>modernity.news
This is Paul Joseph Watson's website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joseph_Watson