From Twitter/X:
Big Tech companies block law that would protect children 😡🚩
Google, Meta and TikTok are suing California to block a law that would protect teenagers from its exploitative and addicted-making features📱
Question: If you’re a parent, how do you navigate social media use with your child/children? 💭
This is your sign to ditch Big Tech and look for alternatives 🔐
More information about ethical alternatives 👉 tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list
No need for nitter, they tooted the same thing on Mastodon.
sigh…
what’s up with “privacy” companies making stupid decisions all of a sudden? at least in tuta’s case it can be read as only misguided, but they should know better at this point. opposing big tech’s social media algortihms and draconian age verification aren’t mutually exclusive.
No reason it couldn’t have been a blanket ban for everyone, adults don’t really fare better in my experience. (source: an adult)
I’m so tired…
Apart from the substantive opinion being wrong…
addicted-making features
dear Tutanota people, just because “süchtigmachend” is the expression in German, doesn’t mean this sounds normal in English, I am not even sure this is comprehensible to English speakers who don’t know German? English has a wonderful word “addictive” for this concept (which, however, is not applicable to Internet use anyway, regardless of the language you are using).
Good for the bigtech fighting these laws. Parents should be protecting their children.
If governments want to get involved:
- Educate parents about the dangers online and what to do about it.
- It could regulate the addictive features of social media. The result would be a safer internet for everyone without anyone having to KYC themselves.
- If #2 isn’t an option, force all computer manufactures to add in parental controls that automatically turn off when the user gets to the age of maturity.
I have doubts if any privacy companies are going to advocate for age verification. The very idea is anti-privacy.
