cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49729865

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

We’ve seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance.

What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the world are adopting it and how it’s happening in 20+ countries in parallel.

It’s like they’re all in a group chat, fast-tracking this before resistance can even form.

  • ISOmorph@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    the public prefers ending anonymity online to losing social media entirely.

    The public is made malleable through systemic cannibalisation of the education sector, weaponisation of the media, and corruption of representatives. That’s why we have Trump in the US or the AfD in Germany. “The public wants this” hasn’t been a valid argument for some time now. There is a right and wrong in some situations and this is one of them.

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
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      2 days ago

      “The public wants this” hasn’t been a valid argument for some time now.

      No idea what that’s supposed to mean. It’s’ absolutely a valid argument as long as we live in democracy. Every time the governments try to do something that goes against the malleable public support for AfD, Vox, Konfederacja and so on grows. They have to constantly thread the line between meaningful reforms and fulling support for the populists.

      There is a right and wrong in some situations and this is one of them.

      Yes, then can be right and lose the next elections making things even worse. This is primary school level view of politics.

      • ISOmorph@feddit.orgEnglish
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        2 days ago

        A democracy only works if everyone has access to the same education and information. Public opinion doesn’t matter if it can be shaped at will. What you call democracy is an oligarchy in sheeps clothing.

        I’ll stop responding now because you’ve become condescending for no reason.

        • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
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          2 days ago

          A democracy only works if everyone has access to the same education and information. Public opinion doesn’t matter if it can be shaped at will. What you call democracy is an oligarchy in sheeps clothing.

          Ok, so I guess politicians are no longer elected and we can all stop voting.