“This is why we will continue to urge policymakers and regulators to protect people’s rights and freedoms online at all moments, and not just take the easy route for a quick boost in the polls.”
Good luck with that. Have they ever seen a politician?
UK Politicians Continue to Miss the Point in Latest Social Media Ban Proposal
Submitted 2 days ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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Naich@piefed.world 2 days ago
einlander@lemmy.world 1 day ago
All these politicians pushing the age verification do realize that the information being collected can help decloak their dirty business?
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 1 day ago
All the online safety act has done has made it more difficult for adults like me to access LEGAL material.
I got asked for age verification on Steam ffs. A platform I’ve had an account on since 2003. My account is literally older than a significant proportion of the internet using population.
Didn’t wash with the support people. Dicks.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
lol you’ve literally had an account there for more than the age of majority and they cannot guess you might be older than that
Teknikal@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
I’ve just stopped using any service that asks or using tor to mask my location.