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Zuckerberg's "fix" for child safety could end anonymous internet access for all

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Re: Zuckerberg's "fix" for child safety could end anonymous internet access for all

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Post by aestetix »

bediger4000 wrote: post #2

That would certainly benefit Zuck and a lot of the other oligarchs.

Yes, it feels like another round of the same old tired "force everyone to use legal names online to save the children" that has been pushed continuously since the Internet driver's license of the 90s.

It will not save any children. It will destroy privacy, destroy free speech, and give lots of money to whatever corporation wins the bid for supplying the tech.

And of course, when that corporation gets hacked and all the personally identifiable information is put on the dark web, nobody will be held accountable.

Re: Zuckerberg's "fix" for child safety could end anonymous internet access for all

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Post by starkeeper »

aestetix wrote: post #3
bediger4000 wrote: post #2

That would certainly benefit Zuck and a lot of the other oligarchs.

Yes, it feels like another round of the same old tired "force everyone to use legal names online to save the children" that has been pushed continuously since the Internet driver's license of the 90s. It will not save any children. It will destroy privacy, destroy free speech, and give lots of money to whatever corporation wins the bid for supplying the tech. And of course, when that corporation gets hacked and all t…

It will make children visible targets and be more exploitable.

Re: Zuckerberg's "fix" for child safety could end anonymous internet access for all

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Post by jmclnx »

>Could End Anonymous Internet Access

I doubt that, but with people using Cell Phone Apps and sites like Facebook/Twitter, people are giving up their anonymity on purpose. You can still be anonymous if you want to.

And as for verification at the OS level, good luck with that.

Re: Zuckerberg's "fix" for child safety could end anonymous internet access for all

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Post by expedition32 »

bediger4000 wrote: post #2

That would certainly benefit Zuck and a lot of the other oligarchs.

I don't think he cares either way. He knows that the government is going to crackdown on social media because the voters are tired of anarcho libertarian tech bro dipshits.

So he can either go down with the ship or bend with the wind. And Zuckerberg always knows how the wind blows.

Re: Zuckerberg's "fix" for child safety could end anonymous internet access for all

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Post by techblueberry »

I find it relatively strange that over the past 30-40 years, we went from a world where most everything was intermediated by parents, and “adult” media was relatively well gatekept to this online Wild West where it seems almost any attempt to gatekeep is seen as a freedom violation.

Maybe this is why we need protocols over platforms? But like, kids shouldn’t be able to sign a ToS until they’re 18.

I have little sympathy for anything that limits people’s access to these biggest platforms. I’m also largely cynical to the idea that anyone’s doing any free speeching on meta or Twitter in the first place. If counter culture gets driven back to IRC, or gasp meatspace, then all the better.

Re: Zuckerberg's "fix" for child safety could end anonymous internet access for all

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Post by beej71 »

jmclnx wrote: post #6

>Could End Anonymous Internet Access I doubt that, but with people using Cell Phone Apps and sites like Facebook/Twitter, people are giving up their anonymity on purpose. You can still be anonymous if you want to. And as for verification at the OS level, good luck with that.

It would be exceptionally easy to pass a law requiring verification at the OS level. Politicians are technical morons.
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