i suspect (the large) social media networks themselves had a hand in suggesting banning under-16s.

after all their business model is selling ads.

ads want views that can pay.

these tech giants see teens as a liability.

the toxicity within social media also affects adults - so addressing the root cause would be detrimental to their business model.

in their eyes it is much easier to offer a pawn to save a rook.

#ukpol #auspol #socialmediaban #regulatorycapture

OpenAI’s KOSA Endorsement Is Regulatory Capture With A Smiley Face

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/14/openais-kosa-endorsement-is-regulatory-capture-with-a-smiley-face/

More fucking anger about Ireland as a place to live...

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/14/simon-harris-asks-banks-to-examine-card-payments-over-possible-links-to-child-abuse-images/

IOW, Harris asks banks to do what banks should be doing anyway (I guess). Sound and fury signifying nothing, just like his eminently re-launchable saving scheme.

Anyway, what he should be doing is going after X/Twitter:

https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the-abuse-factory/

#CSAM #RegulatoryCapture #EpsteinClass

Letting the fox run the henhouse. Is there no end to regulatory capture in the world? This regulator will now only protect corporations, not the public.

Lawyer who defended Big Tech companies to lead Dutch privacy regulator https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/13/lawyer-defended-big-tech-companies-lead-dutch-privacy-regulator

#nlpol #nlpoli #nlpolitiek #regulatorycapture #nederland #netherlands #privacy #consumerprotection

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Hanan1991/116527428148079871

#newbrandeis #antitrust #democracy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #wealth #wealthconcentration #politics #politicaltheory #autocracy #corporatism #corporatismisfascism #fascism #supremecourt #hipsterantitrust #ftc #regulation #regulatorycapture
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#Gaza #Palestine #Donate #HelpGaza
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RE: https://freesewing.social/@Rania/116526551797962998

#newbrandeis #antitrust #democracy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #wealth #wealthconcentration #politics #politicaltheory #autocracy #corporatism #corporatismisfascism #fascism #supremecourt #hipsterantitrust #ftc #regulation #regulatorycapture

"We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." -- Louis Brandeis

#newbrandeis #antitrust #democracy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #wealth #wealthconcentration #politics #politicaltheory #autocracy #corporatism #corporatismisfascism #fascism #supremecourt #hipsterantitrust #ftc #regulation #regulatorycapture

"Oh," says Mark Carney, "we can't take their profits away from the oil companies for the people! That would harm people's retirement funds! They might be able to only afford two homes!"

Meanwhile, Poilievre: "Same old Liberals. Tax and spend. Are they supposed to NOT take profit from their labour?"

Their profits?

THEIR profits? So...they privately educated every one of their workers from birth, did they? Provided them health care all their lives? Gave them roads to bring their products to market on? Police to keep their property safe? Fire services, same reason? They did all that privately? Well, braVO, oil companies, aren't you amazing?

Except we know they didn't. Every dollar they made comes from the people of Canada. It's OUR oil, not theirs. It's OUR pipelines (ugh) they're using to ship their filth out and have it burned to kill my grandkids' planet.

It's OUR roads they drive on, OUR inspectors who make sure their workplace is safe, that their vehicles work properly, our courts that enforce their rights. EVERYTHING THEY HAVE is from the people of Canada.

If they can't give a single dollar of their profits up, they should be hospitalised for psych eval. They are clearly driven mad with greed, and are a danger to society.

Oh, wait, is that something we only do to queer people and unhoused people and Indigenous people and Black people and...well, poor folk?

Okay then. I see your priorities, Messrs Carney and Poilievre. I see you.

#CanPoli #RegulaToryCapture

I saw a meme post on Facebook suggesting that no one earns a billion dollars except by wage theft, that no one works a billion times harder than other hardworking people who make ordinary wages. That seems a fair claim. I wrote this next paragraph in response, kind of as a spur of the moment thought, but it's something I want to spend more time thinking about:

I used to think that one solution to this was the practice of asking CEOs to not make more than some fixed multiple of their lowest-paid employee. But now I see the goal is to not employ anyone either. A lot of the benefits for corporations are justified on the idea that they employ people, so helping them helps people. Now that this assumption is on a path to being increasingly violated, we need to reconsider our special treatment of corporations as well.

#ai #corporations #billionaires #NoBilliionaires #LateStageCapitalism #ShareholderCapitalism #RegulatoryCapture #society #ethics #unemployment #automation #law #CapitalGains #CapitalGainsTax #WealthTax #inequality #fascism #feudalism #oligarchy