Sarah

"Technology companies should never become gatekeepers for every adult on the internet, but they must still do their part. They must direct their design firepower toward improving parental-control features at both the app and device levels. These should be obvious and easy to use, not an afterthought scattered across hidden menus. This puts the power and authority to protect children firmly where it belongs: with parents. "

Yeah we already had parental controls - nice work genius. That didn’t stop these laws coming in because they were never about protecting children. It was always about increasing control.

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

If Meta succeeds in putting all this on your computer at the operating system level, then what is the point of even having a VPN anymore? Also Meta will sell this information to anyone who asks for it.

I think this is not an accident.

Precisely. People are so fucking lazy.

Android only has age verification for the app store at the moment, but I wonder if Google could add it at the device level too?

“to block anonymous ‘keyboard warriors’ from spreading hate and disinformation online.”

More like to prevent alternative points of view from being expressed.

Who decides what is disinformation? When will the tabloids be forced to stop spreading hate and disinformation?

I have never gotten that popup before, but I haven’t been on here for long