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Resist ‘dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn (www.politico.eu)

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Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.

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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think parents, most of who have a job and don't keep their kids under surveillance 24/7, can hope to compete with dozens of corporations with whole teams dedicated to making their platform addictive. I view the parental responsibility in the same way I view carbon footprints: a way to shift blame from corporations to individuals. I think this view also leads to individual-focused solutions that surveil people (age checks, etc) rather than systemic ones that regulate corporations.

[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Agreed. They need to direct their ire toward the corporations instead of my (and everyone else's) freedoms.

I said this somewhere else, but I was just being facetious. I think it's funny to turn the conservative mentality against conservative movements lol