I’d prefer for large tech companies with lots of users to be forcefully broken up and actually properly regulated to combat hate speech.
Everyone is going mad
I 100% support a social media ban/heavy limit for children. It’s all LLM bots, farms from Russia/Israel, alt-right propaganda, pedo that pretend to be kids, and aggressive data collections. Like, even adults can’t deal with the consequences, let alone kids. Not to mention the algorithms that are designed to cripple attention spans, and younger people are getting increasingly more lonely because of social media.
Agree as long as it’s not used to infringe privacy. Problem is that these initiatives usually imply digital id, which by themselves are not bad but can be exploited to spy after citizens.
Actually I’ve been thinking about protocol which would allow age verification via government issued certificate and avoid privacy concerns. Maybe I should get back to it
I’m fine with a big social rollout for K12 version, where schools give each student a one-time code and they can sign up. All linked accounts are automatically locked into this version until predefined date. No data collection, chronological order feed only, and they can only interact with other people in the K12 program. Guardians or teachers can monitor this program but no strangers can even access this mode.
The kids would get around it anyway. It is just a way to start IDing people online.
It’s all LLM bots, farms from Russia/Israel, alt-right propaganda, pedo that pretend to be kids, and aggressive data collections.
Which of those is you?
You do realize that you are on social media right now, yes?
I’m adult that can’t deal with the consequences ><
Good
“Hey kids! You know that super lame thing that your parents do? Well, actually, it’s a super cool thing that you’re just not old enough to appreciate yet. But, when you’re finally all grown up, then you can get a taste of this sweet social media action. See you then, losers.”
