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

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

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.

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.

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

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 $$$them$$$.

I want my kids to swim in the creek

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.

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

It's just too far gone.

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

> I wonder what UK thinks

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

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.

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