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chgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days ago

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz

www.theguardian.com

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The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz

www.theguardian.com

chgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days ago
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Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

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    Counter proposal, we ban social media. Maybe even the internet.

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      Give it a few years. Wouldn’t surprise me if the internet is entirely replaced by apps then.

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        If we could just reduce it to a bunch of niche forums and message boards that are obscure and not commonly engaged with, that’d be great.

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