2003: children shouldn't tell their age, name, or personal information to anyone on the internet for their safety
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2003: children shouldn't tell their age, name, or personal information to anyone on the internet for their safety
2026: children are legally required to tell their age, name, and personal information to everyone on the internet for their safety
@imbl but only to corporations. They never would have any interest in exploiting that information
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2003: children shouldn't tell their age, name, or personal information to anyone on the internet for their safety
2026: children are legally required to tell their age, name, and personal information to everyone on the internet for their safety
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@lispi314 @reiddragon @imbl i think at this point if you see a random stranger say "pedophile" you can safely assume it is intentionally being used synonymously with "chomo"
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Yeah, things change.
In 2003, platforms were largely benign and parents needed to watch out for individuals.
In 2026, the platforms have optimised their algorithms to bring danger to children so government needs to regulate the platforms' access
@TCatInReality @imbl in 2026, the platforms and the apparatus legally regulating them are owned by the exact sort of individuals that are a threat to children -
@lispi314 @reiddragon @imbl oh yeah it's awful, just circling back to the stupidest mob instinct of "kill the dirty badwrong people" in place of any rational attempt to hold people who do bad things responsible and also remove them from and keep them out of positions where they do those things
but given *these* particular sorts we're talking about i figured i'd pick my battles -
2003: children shouldn't tell their age, name, or personal information to anyone on the internet for their safety
2026: children are legally required to tell their age, name, and personal information to everyone on the internet for their safety
the common thread here is you must trust the corpos and distrust your neighbors
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2003: children shouldn't tell their age, name, or personal information to anyone on the internet for their safety
2026: children are legally required to tell their age, name, and personal information to everyone on the internet for their safety
@imbl
Nearly every draconian policy is framed from the perspective of "Think of the children!" -
@TCatInReality @imbl in 2026, the platforms and the apparatus legally regulating them are owned by the exact sort of individuals that are a threat to children
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2003: children shouldn't tell their age, name, or personal information to anyone on the internet for their safety
2026: children are legally required to tell their age, name, and personal information to everyone on the internet for their safety
@imbl what about the 90s?
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2003: children shouldn't tell their age, name, or personal information to anyone on the internet for their safety
2026: children are legally required to tell their age, name, and personal information to everyone on the internet for their safety
@imbl 2003: you shouldn't follow shady links in e-mails, and such e-mails are probably SPAM or worse
2026: you need to follow shady links in e-mails, and even Google deploys that in legitimate messages
Thank you, Google
[This is a blog post that I wrote back in October, but forgot to post. Probably because even I found it to be too boring, but since I wrote it, I guess you have to read it. That’s just fair.]…
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