The EU Bans Social Media for Under-13s

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12 points·AndrewDucker··5 comments

Social media is a cancer. What categorized the golden age of the internet?

Higher intellectual barrier to entry. A non-centralized ecosystem.

I am more than interested in any legislation that might push for conditions that facilitate these to arise. Anything removing power from tech companies is my #1 ballot motivator.

Reasonable, now we have to wait for the ban for under 18. And one hopeful day the complete ban and mass jailing of anyone who had anything to do with the big social media networks of today.

First we're going to kill anonymity because that's the only way you can enforce any of these age bans, that as you show completely miss the point that these companies are bad for everyone.

Atleast some EU countries have ”strong authentication” services, which work like Google login, except there’s a network of trusted providers - like banks or telecoms.

To get started, you need get an account at one of the providers by physically visiting their store or office and show your ID. With their account you can sign up to the services or other auth providers fully online. Auth providers use 2-factor auth (typically website username + phone app), but they also include physical sim cards or key generator devices…

Anyways, while it’s currently used to pass some required personal info to the other party (name, social security number), it could propbably be changed to send just one bit: adult true/false.

> Probably

Your government probably doing this is as probable as the US government not starting a foreign war for Israel.

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