🚨 UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots for under-21s.
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@techlore I just tried to take the survey for parents with children under the age of 21. My son is 4 months old, so I entered "0" when it asked how old my child was. The survey promptly informed me that I did not have a child under the age of 21 and so the survey was not for me. It's permanently locked me out.
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UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots for under-21s. Your silence is a yes.Make your voice heard before May 26. Fill out the survey and let them know your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
@techlore Make sure not to fill out the section asking what other of the many methods people will use to get around it, for obvious reasons. Maybe a written declination to respond, or saying there are too many to list (which there are).
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UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots for under-21s. Your silence is a yes.
Make your voice heard before May 26. Fill out the survey and let them know your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
@techlore I just spent an hour going through this
It's definitely focused on "how we can restrict things" rather than "should we restrict things"
My recurring comments were less personal data collection, more education and clean up problematic social and AI platforms for everyone
I refused to answer the "other than VPNs, how do children circumvent age checks?"
I'm not ruining it for anyone by answering that
I know more than most how important online privacy is for staying safe
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UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots for under-21s. Your silence is a yes.
Make your voice heard before May 26. Fill out the survey and let them know your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
@techlore Once again the UK censoring more and more stuff for control
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UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots for under-21s. Your silence is a yes.
Make your voice heard before May 26. Fill out the survey and let them know your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
@techlore I get why VPNs are problematic if you’re trying to regulate access to social networks/AI but ignoring that for a moment I have to tell the UK govt: guys, one of these is not like the others!
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@techlore I just tried to take the survey for parents with children under the age of 21. My son is 4 months old, so I entered "0" when it asked how old my child was. The survey promptly informed me that I did not have a child under the age of 21 and so the survey was not for me. It's permanently locked me out.
@jsbarretto @techlore ironically, you'll now need a VPN to access it.
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UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots for under-21s. Your silence is a yes.
Make your voice heard before May 26. Fill out the survey and let them know your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
@techlore I did it. The questions are quite leading as another user pointed out. I made a big deal about how the gov should be supporting parents in keeping their kids safe, not forcing adults to link their online presence with their real life ID. And that if parents weren't having to work ridiculous hours to pay the bills, they'd have more time to supervise their kids online and educate them.
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@jsbarretto @techlore ironically, you'll now need a VPN to access it.
@SilverArrows @techlore hehehe
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UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots for under-21s. Your silence is a yes.
Make your voice heard before May 26. Fill out the survey and let them know your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
RE: https://social.lol/@techlore/116291069074438330
@techlore The "parents" survey took only 5 minutes to fill in. All multiple choice with a free text "other comments" box at the end.
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UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots for under-21s. Your silence is a yes.
Make your voice heard before May 26. Fill out the survey and let them know your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
@techlore Thanks for that and I've added my tuppence worth. Not sure they'll be happy with some of my comments, but that's very much their problem.
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