Sir Keir Starmer has declared that social media use will be prohibited for all minors under sixteen.

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    4 hours ago

    I think the Gaza genocide definitely accelerated the push for more internet surveillance, but this probably would’ve happened regardless with how tech giants are always looking for new angles to monopolize and control the internet.

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      4 hours ago

      pushes to do this languished until gaza – and other counter-narratives – became too popular to ignore.

      they weren’t started because of gaza and they may have succeeded w/o it; but they clearly did here.

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      3 hours ago

      Basically all the tech giants oppose this move, though. This is pure government surveillance and censorship, baby.

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        3 hours ago

        I wish I still lived in your fantasy world where the interests of governments and tech giants aren’t fully merged.