Mastodawn

Social media bans don't work.

Yet it's happening globally as leaders try to grab headlines with creeping digital ID checks.

This doesn't take on how platforms are designed to capture users' attention with harmful content through data-driven algorithms so they can sell ads.

ORG's @JamesBaker explains ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/bBTjPwubE92HMVGtt9dN2Z

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Social media bans don't work #stopKillingInternet

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Open Rights Group 3d ago

A global movement to #stopKillingInternet is coming.

Bans will wall off the open Internet. Kids locked out and adults pushed through digital ID checks.

Connection and access to information is being swept away for a policy that leaves platforms free to continue promoting harmful content for profit.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.stopkillingtheinternet.com/

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Stop Killing the Internet

Governments are walling off the open internet. We are a global movement opposing restrictions — and building a better internet.

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MANCHUCK

@openrightsgroup The way some of these laws are written would require my local pizza place to have all the infrastructure needed to store my government ID in order to take pizza orders online.

Of course, that is what the lobbyists want. Instead of spending thousands on hardware and experts, just spend $9.99/month on an app that handles it all. And once they have all the pizza places onboarded, they jack the price up to $800 per month