Young people should be able to access information, speak to each other and to the world, play games, and express themselves online without the government making decisions about what speech is permissible. But in one of the latest misguided attempts to protect children online, internet users of all...
  • C1pher@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Its just an excuse. Its not about “protecting the children”. Its a war on free, open, anonymous internet. They want to be able to track, censor and remove any individual who leans their dirty secrets. No longer youll be able to read about, for example, all the illegal shit Trump did. You’d already be blacklisted, banned, censored or just jailed. That is the end goal, nothing else.

    • venusaur@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      Yes, and to be fair, it doesn’t mean that protecting children is not a side effect of restrictions.

      EDIT: yall are obsessed with porn. Could the restrictions be implemented better? Sure. Is it going to stop some kids from looking at porn online? Yes. Is it going to solve the entire problem? No.