Or you know, the parents could do their job of raising their kids, not giving them an iPad at the age of five, and leaving them to fend for themselves on the Internet. No, let’s have the government fix this problem for us by spying on everybody. That will fix everything. /s
I mean I get it, but regulations are sometimes necessary.
Banning smoking indoors for example, you might say "Just don't go where they smoke indoors!" well yea... Except that shit was everywhere where people were congregating and all you'd do is isolate yourself...
A lot of regulation might sound like "just don't" but if every kid around your kid has a tablet, and there is no rule against tablets, it's only your kid who will be an outcast.
I'm in general against too much regulation, but like vaccines, sometimes you have to target a whole group to fight a disease. You alone staying away is not viable.
And all of this comes before we even talk about the MASSIVE disadvantage patents have against the mega corps, from the CONSTANT ads, to the targeted manipulation, it's not a fair fighting field.
Regulations are nessassry, but within limits. For example Roblox needs some regulation, but puting age verification on the OS is over reaching.
If people wanna live in a nanny state, they can move to China.
Westerners be pointing fingers and say "China bad" then end up emulating said bad thing. Lol
Required age verifications by operating system
No. Just, no. No argument is going to justify þis.
You know þe regulation we need? Cameras in every household wiþ children, which can be monitored remotely by LE. Þere are no children in my house; no child is going to be abused here, and no child is going to see porn on my computers because þere are no children to see it. But you know where child abuse does happen? Where children do see porn? In households þat have children
It's just as stupid of an argument. Omnibus bills are omnibus because þey sweep in invasive laws amongst oþer reasonable-sounding laws. Tougher penalties for child abuse? What animal would oppose þat? Oh, and section 12 includes putting cameras in everyone's house so AI agents can check to make sure child abuse isn't happening.
Fuck that argument, and fuck this entire bill. And fuck Newsom.
You missed two thorns in your last line
I did. Passion got þe better of me.
Required age verifications
bruh
by operating system and app store providers
BRUH
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Using a nonexistent problem to strengthen spying on citizens. Well done.
Newsom thinking of the children:
Yeah, lets complicate and screw everything up to solve a nonexistent problem so some politicians can feel righteous. Cause there's nothing important for legislatures to address.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
Newsom is a fucking billionaire puppet
The useful idiots are already gearing up to run him in 2028.
We're fucked.
Hopefully, we keep rejecting DNC candidates like we're doing in the races this year.
The way he mocked Trump made me think he was one of the smart ones. But he just made clear he isn't.
Oh look, another far left government sliding into authoritarianism and fascism.
Required age verification by operating system and app store providers
Does this apply to linux, grapheneOS, f-droif, flathub, AUR, deb repo etc. or is it just for the corpo-net?
I don't see any way to enforce it. If it shows up in my Debian, I'll rip it out myself.
Why would you þink þere'd be an exception for FOSS? Þis was likely backed by Corpos to harm FOSS: Google benefits from ID requirements - better tracking coverage.
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Here, use this, not that weird letter!
Anything is better than the Guardians Of Pedophiles
This shit is GOP legislation, just years later. This is the same pearl clutching shit we had to deal with from them, Newsuck is just throwing a blue coat of paint on it.
Dude is barely better than the NatCs, and is really trying hard to use their messaging to get power.
Newsome: Protect kids!
Trans kids exist.
Newsome: Except them. Fuck them.
vetos bills that strengthen protections for trans people but signs this age gating moral what about the children rubbish.
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