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UK's Social Media Ban: The Monumental Pretext for Total Digital Surveillance

modernity.news

18 points by arrowsmith 15 days ago · 11 comments

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r721 15 days ago

>modernity.news

This is Paul Joseph Watson's website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joseph_Watson

smalltorch 15 days ago

I wonder what UK thinks about private social media or a model similar to the one I've tried to create with nanogram.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558511

Kids get all the benefits of social media and have a creative outlet, and also a parent, trusted operator, or even the kid maintains control of the platform.

Making user-to-user apps banned seems like a giant overstep and inconsiderate.

  • type0 15 days ago

    > I wonder what UK thinks

    UK doesn't think, UK government thinks 1984 is a great manual.

    • smalltorch 15 days ago

      Are uk citizens actually going to provide an ID though after it's in effect? Surely there is a tipping point where people actually don't value the platforms enough to do these things.

  • cyanydeez 15 days ago

    So, it really looks like we should ban most social media via regulatory controls _INSIDE_ their offices.

    Instead, we're just trying to avoid focus on realistic regulatory concerns for global oligarchs.

    • smalltorch 15 days ago

      'No that's too hard let's just ban them them all and require age verification for everyone'...

      • cyanydeez 15 days ago

        so 4chan always used "((()))" for their racism. Perhaps we need to implement Postgresql $$$oligarchs$$$ around things that are clearly being implemented because doing the right thing would bother $$$them$$$.

        • smalltorch 15 days ago

          I want my kids to swim in the creek

          • cyanydeez 15 days ago

            cool, have the government enforce existing regulations aabout fraud, monopolies, enticement, incitement, and all the other dark patterns social media uses to keep them addicted.

            • smalltorch 15 days ago

              I think I'm more of a effect change from the bottom up kinda guy.

              It's just too far gone.

              • cyanydeez 14 days ago

                i dont see how a blanket country wide ban thats impossible to secure correctly is bottom up

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