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UK Politicians Continue to Miss the Point in Latest Social Media Ban Proposal (eff.org)
30 points by hn_acker 9 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments
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UK politicians love to attack and privacy at any chance they get.

Uk government has always been obsessed with spying on people's internet usage. They don't seem to know what to do with the data, but they want it

Is there any way to ban it for adults too? I have some relatives that could touch grass.

Oh, we'll get the partial ban too, no worries.

This is not a "ban" for children bill, that's a deanonymization/censorship bill.


Is there any way to ban it for adults too? I have some relatives that could touch grass.

Work In Progress. Once enough people are redirected to upload their state ID and prove they are an adult that will turn some percentage away from the platforms. One will be left with AI to have discussions with. Even AI may eventually get lonely.


They are incentivized to miss the point



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