Eniko Fox2d ago
i really hope 40 years from now people will look at banning kids from social media the way people now look at the satanic panic of the 80s
Show threadEniko Fox2d ago

some of y'all are being real fucking weird about this metaphor and i can't say i super appreciate it

apparently i need to spell this out: both these things are about control, and "won't someone please think about the children" is primarily just pretext, just like it always is

if they gave a shit about the children they'd legislate the companies profiting from it all, not unilaterally yeeting kids out of society's public platforms

Show threadEniko Fox2d ago
anyway im gonna mute this thread now before any more unhinged people accuse me of being a proponent of facebook profiting off child abuse 🙄 enjoy yelling into the void
Show threadClifton Royston

@eniko

They should consider how Facebook/Meta is quite literally the one driving the whole "age verification" mania through a chain of and shady non-profits and even shadier go-betweens.

They absolutely think it will be good for them.

Apr 12 at 7:33pmWeb
Show threadEniko Fox2d ago

@CliftonR sure. in the choice of being legislated against and having to do something or shunting the responsibility onto governments and individuals, of course they want the latter

plus all of that sweet sweet real ID data

Show threadsarah tonin 2d ago
@eniko @CliftonR yea. data protection by giving bogus information doesn't work when the real one is given to them with your id
Show threadClifton Royston2d ago

@eniko

Exactly. That's worth big $$ to advertisers.

*But* even more valuable, it's helping them force out small media - forums, personal blogs, independent social networks *cough*, everything they've been trying to wipe out for years. We're already seeing independent forums and sites close down in the UK because the cost and the risks are too high.

They want it to appear to the public that the only alternatives are Meta (Facebook) or Meta (Instagram.)

Show threadRiver14h ago
@eniko @CliftonR and presumably also it makes it even harder for a smaller company to try to compete with them