- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess.
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I’m shocked. Well not that shocked.
It’s always a good idea to follow the money. A few random bandwagon jumpers screaming about saving the children provided a front for a gambling company. Should we be asking them questions about their involvement in said company? I think we should.
It is possible to be right for wrong reasons. Nothing prevents a general ban on gambling ads from moving forward since underage users might still see them.
Rationale doesn’t matter anyway, elites seem to doing what they want without any external input. Like, how come a ban on users under 16 requires more verification effort than verifying users under 13? I’m not even against ending anonymity on commercial mass market services but I can’t piece together chain of reasoning here.
It is possible to be right for wrong reasons. Nothing prevents a general ban on gambling ads from moving forward since underage users might still see them.
I can agree with what you’re saying but also say that this is more a case of the road to hell being paved with good intentions.
They wanted to offload their responsibility as parents for enforcing parental controls for their children onto the internet at large, which puts the identities and PII of adults at risk in a way that is increasingly more dangerous. It also directly contributed to the erosion of our privacy.
They also claim to be a grass roots movement and wouldn’t claim to be affiliated with a corporation (especially not one involved in gambling). That is an important distinction and they should have their feet put to the fire for it because either they knew and didn’t care, or they didn’t know and were manipulated.
