MEGA-THREAD: Hysterical Lawmaking and Online overreach

[Jim Burton]

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/ ... e-article/

[Officerkrupke]

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/ ... e-article/

My mistake for not posting the source.

[Jim Burton]

https://www.scoop.my/news/268397/fahmi- ... age-users/

KUALA LUMPUR – TikTok has been told to introduce stronger safeguards to prevent children under 13 from using its platform, with the communications minister warning that current measures are ineffective.

Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said the ministry had directed the company to work with the police (PDRM) and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to establish clear mechanisms and a timeline for enforcement.

[Jim Burton]

https://coincentral.com/under-16-social ... ompliance/

Australia mandates social media ban for under-16s starting December 10.
Meta, TikTok, and Google must verify user ages or face steep fines.
Age verification technology remains imperfect, raising compliance challenges for platforms.
The move reflects a global shift toward stricter online age restrictions.

[Officerkrupke]

This is an attack on free speech and a win for surveillance society.

[BLueRibbon]

My article:

https://www.brianribbon.com/home/chat-c ... -for-power

[Jim Burton]

Not using a VPN "keeps a child safe"....

https://fstube.net/w/sqvrt4cMmaiA5uY2cuT5Kj

[Not Forever]

Not using a VPN "keeps a child safe"....

...he just accused the viewers of being potential rapists and asked them to make themselves easily identifiable. Or... I don’t know, that sentence makes no sense.

[Jim Burton]

A "Christian Music Star" is pushing "bipartisan" laws against child exploitation...

https://www.foxnews.com/media/christian ... p-csam-act

"So, [it's] just figuring out, how can we all come together to make this world a safer place for children?"

[Jim Burton]

More on Chat Control, including a commentary:

"It's just smoke and mirrors" – Over 500 cryptography scientists and researchers slam the EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyb ... sapp-chats

Proposed EU Chat Control regulation could create surveillance state

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/c ... 00062.html