<![CDATA[Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance?]]>Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance?

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Won’t Somebody Think of the Children? Why Big Tech’s ‘Tobacco Moment’ Isn’t What It Seems

A landmark US verdict calls social media “addictive by design.” But will fixing it lead to safer platforms or a more surveilled internet?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4dd4ba38-91a8-4629-9683-377d1209f4e3/is-child-safety-being-used-as-a-pretext-for-total-internet-surveillanceRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:22:24 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2026 05:51:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:52:47 GMT]]>@bongmaster 😓

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/itsfoss/statuses/116448452109830925https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/itsfoss/statuses/116448452109830925Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:52:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:16:12 GMT]]>@itsfoss
Yes. That is currently the driving motive of all big tech.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/MichaelMcWilliams/statuses/116444769352592092https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/MichaelMcWilliams/statuses/116444769352592092Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:16:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:13:12 GMT]]>@itsfoss Yep. I keep trying to inform people, but no one listens.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/notleks2411/statuses/116442398215581770https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/notleks2411/statuses/116442398215581770Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:13:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:06:39 GMT]]>@itsfoss of course

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/ap/users/116442112929735659/statuses/116442136557670981https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/ap/users/116442112929735659/statuses/116442136557670981Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:06:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:29:37 GMT]]>@itsfoss yup!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/ap/users/115966961778431645/statuses/116441519079379099https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/ap/users/115966961778431645/statuses/116441519079379099Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:29:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:55:24 GMT]]>@itsfoss TLDR: Yes. Yes it is. Time to vote Out politicians that support this dystopian surveillance crap. Both parties (Dems and GOP) are guilty of supporting this bullcrap and should have their kickbacks made public and banned from holding office. Fine Zuck a few hundred billion dollars for this too since Meta is close to the root of this

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wolf777/statuses/116441384545981904https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wolf777/statuses/116441384545981904Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:55:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:47:04 GMT]]>@itsfoss Definitely

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ani.work/users/wststreet/statuses/116441351770158284https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ani.work/users/wststreet/statuses/116441351770158284Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:47:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:24:32 GMT]]>@torsten @itsfoss 100%

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://unsociable.lowkey.party/users/nigel/statuses/01KPQBCFSYBFMDXZAN9X9FAVE6https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://unsociable.lowkey.party/users/nigel/statuses/01KPQBCFSYBFMDXZAN9X9FAVE6Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:24:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is child safety being used as a pretext for total internet surveillance? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:52:43 GMT]]>@itsfoss ...always has been...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/torsten/statuses/116441138026701163https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/torsten/statuses/116441138026701163Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:52:43 GMT