Subs are ID gated because of laws like the Online Safety Act in the UK. Yes I had to contact my MP about that. The government apparently care more about concerned moms than they do about the opinion of actual technical people or freedom of speech.
The government apparently care more about concerned moms than they about the opinion of actual technical people or freedom of speech.
You are the first person I have actually encountered in any discussion of the OSA who mention “concerned parents” because I don’t think they’re getting enough blame for what the OSA has done. Like they’re constantly either running articles like “The OSA would’ve saved my child’s life” or “The OSA doesn’t go far enough” and they have been the the crux of the whole shitshow from day one.
Like we know Data Collectors, Social Authoritarians, and Government Spies have been the people doing most of the leg work but I don’t think it would have passed if not for the years of “think of the children”. Even the parents of Brianna Ghey, the murdered transgender teen, is saying that “if we had the OSA, my child would be alive”, ignoring the fact the mainstream press and the government itself played a bigger role in her death than the internet ever did. The current fucking prime minister MOCKED TRANSGENDER PEOPLE in front of Brianna’s father along with the then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Yeah it’s a shitshow. Honestly makes me glad I don’t have kids. I don’t want to think about the ridiculous opinions I might collect just by being a parent. It’s like how parents who used to sniff lines and shag 9s suddenly want their teenagers to be celibate and not even touch cannabis. It’s honestly so bizarre. Like if having kids makes you this crazy you probably shouldn’t have them.
Subs are ID gated because of laws like the Online Safety Act in the UK. Yes I had to contact my MP about that. The government apparently care more about concerned moms than they do about the opinion of actual technical people or freedom of speech.
You are the first person I have actually encountered in any discussion of the OSA who mention “concerned parents” because I don’t think they’re getting enough blame for what the OSA has done. Like they’re constantly either running articles like “The OSA would’ve saved my child’s life” or “The OSA doesn’t go far enough” and they have been the the crux of the whole shitshow from day one.
Like we know Data Collectors, Social Authoritarians, and Government Spies have been the people doing most of the leg work but I don’t think it would have passed if not for the years of “think of the children”. Even the parents of Brianna Ghey, the murdered transgender teen, is saying that “if we had the OSA, my child would be alive”, ignoring the fact the mainstream press and the government itself played a bigger role in her death than the internet ever did. The current fucking prime minister MOCKED TRANSGENDER PEOPLE in front of Brianna’s father along with the then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Yeah it’s a shitshow. Honestly makes me glad I don’t have kids. I don’t want to think about the ridiculous opinions I might collect just by being a parent. It’s like how parents who used to sniff lines and shag 9s suddenly want their teenagers to be celibate and not even touch cannabis. It’s honestly so bizarre. Like if having kids makes you this crazy you probably shouldn’t have them.