Taylor LorenzMar 2
I have a piece out in The Guardian today on how the internet is becoming a fully surveilled digital panopticon and why we need to fight back
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/02/ban-children-social-media-biometic-data-surveilled
The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all

Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

The Guardian
Show threadMark HarbingerMar 2

@taylorlorenz

Yeah, ensuring your *convenience* (changing colours in Minecraft? really?) doesn't justify exposing entire generations of children to an unfettered internet—1/4th of which is porn.

This article is filled w/ misinformation. Algorithmic social media promoting poor mental health is no longer the slightest bit controversial (w/ any researchers not funded by Big Tech). Big Tech is the Big Tobacco of the 21st century. Congrats on being a part of the problem.

Show threadMisuse Case
@Mark_Harbinger @taylorlorenz I read this 3 times and it still makes no sense.
Mar 2 at 7:20pmWeb