Karma Burrito@pluralistic Norway knows what's going down
Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷@karmaburrito @pluralistic
But the biggest enshittification of the Internet by far is Government backed: age verification.
Apparently, the biggest sponsor of lobbying for this is… (can’t you guess?) Meta. It’s nothing to do with protecting children, and everything to do with collecting more data about us all.
Let’s regulate the TechBros’ algorithms, not us poor users. Treat the disease, not the symptom.
But the biggest enshittification of the Internet by far is Government backed: age verification.
Apparently, the biggest sponsor of lobbying for this is… (can’t you guess?) Meta. It’s nothing to do with protecting children, and everything to do with collecting more data about us all.
Let’s regulate the TechBros’ algorithms, not us poor users. Treat the disease, not the symptom.
RaymondPierreL3
me@KimSJ @karmaburrito @pluralistic
Sometimes also actors like Ashton Kutcher do their bidding
https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116206184902355562
Sometimes also actors like Ashton Kutcher do their bidding
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Mullvad VPN (@[email protected])
Mass surveillance and censorship are escalating in many countries right now. There is a global attack on secure encrypted communication. Often, authorities, politicians, and tech companies work together to push for new laws. One example: when Ashton Kutcher (yes, the actor), through his tech company Thorn, tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens through undemocratic and corrupt methods.
Scott@KimSJ @karmaburrito @pluralistic Isn't age verification being pushed because of the large number of bots online, and advertisers were wasting a lot of money on them, so by verifying your age you are also verifying you are human?
@Showitt @karmaburrito @pluralistic
Good point. Again, treating the symptom not the disease. (And as if Bots won’t quickly learn how to pass any verification people dream up. 🤷♂️j
Good point. Again, treating the symptom not the disease. (And as if Bots won’t quickly learn how to pass any verification people dream up. 🤷♂️j