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bumbling_bee@lemmy.mlto
Technology@lemmy.world•TikTok Doesn’t Want Us To Talk About the NewsEnglish
4·4 months agoThe article is so close to talking about why the censorship is happening. I really wish I was making this up, but read about the ‘seven mountains mandate’. Christian nationalists have a censorship agenda and this is part of it. No they really don’t want Americans talking about the news.
She’s a chocolate seal point Devon Rex. Its very fleecy, sooo snuggly!
bumbling_bee@lemmy.mlto
Technology@lemmy.world•UK: Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announcesEnglish
5·5 months agoIf kids want to be on social media badly enough, they will find a way regardless of approval and permission from their parents. They get banned from Meta and TikTok, they just band together and move to an app not on the list. I agree that people need to know if something is harmful. All the effort and money going into a ban, would’ve been better spent on media literacy and education on how algorithms work, and the addictive nature of some platforms. This is the reason why none of my kids are interested in most social media. Because they know how awful it is. YouTube is a bit more grey, IMO. I filter out shorts for my kids, but they’ve learned a lot of stuff over the years. Yet Roblox isn’t banned? That should’ve been top of the list. Identity verification is a privacy and security nightmare. People should not be required to provide their identity to participate in discussions, or even worse, use their own device.
bumbling_bee@lemmy.mlto
Technology@lemmy.world•UK: Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announcesEnglish
3·5 months agoYep. I’ve since deleted it, but I had to verify my identity on my FB account, which i’d had since 2008. Math is a thing 🙄.
bumbling_bee@lemmy.mlto
Technology@lemmy.world•UK: Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announcesEnglish
331·5 months agoThey learned from countries like Australia huh? Australian here, did they learn how much its not working 😂🙄! None of my kids have anything other than YouTube, but my 9yo knew how to get around it. He doesn’t because he just watches in a browser with ad blockers and we monitor it. My high schooler reports the many and varied ways kids just changed where they go online to continue their crap. Do I think under 16s should be on social media, no. But identity verification is not going to fix that.
I have a Devon Rex, we live in the tropics. She thinks it’s freezing as soon as it gets below 25C 🙄. But then I just get more snuggles.

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