We’re issuing new guidelines under the Digital Services Act to protect minors online.
These recommendations target:
➡️️ Addictive design
➡️ Cyberbullying
➡️ Harmful content
➡️ Unwanted contact from strangers
We will ensure that children and young people can continue to enjoy the online world while minimising risks and exposure to harmful content.
https://europa.eu/!QvQBqR
@EUCommission Most of these are great and I cheer them on!! No really, most of these are great!
But again... we're trying to pretend that adding surveillance to porn consumption is somehow going to accomplish something.
You really think that kids won't find ways around that? like you know..... A VPN....
Whenever you see political things that 'protect minors' always think about if it's a cover for something....
@thibaultmol There's a reason why it's always protection of minors or combatting terrorism that's used as an excuse for surveillance, because you can't really be against it. You can't really argue you want to expose minors more, or want to help terrorists. That's why they're the usual excuses.
As long as any government, EU or other, has some say over what platforms can and cannot do, the only true freedom lies in building one that is not known to the Eyes of the State.
@thibaultmol Well, all of those issues are simply related to commercial social media and the companies behind them. And those companies don't exactly have a record of nicely complying with these measures.
The obvious solution is to target commercial social media so hard that non-commercial alternatives become viable. But the EU will never do that, as it means they would lose control.
The protection and surveillance measures are linked, they'll always exist together. Not even to mention the grave impact on the autonomy of the youth this has.
@thibaultmol @EUCommission making it difficult / complicated is sufficient to some extent. There will not be a perfect solution.
Side note: I love to see that someone has put thought into the HOW of age verification. Looking forward to seeing an implementation of this...
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