Today, we’re announcing a continuation of these efforts to live up to our regulatory obligations around the world and to provide age-appropriate experiences when people come to YouTube.
The definition of mature content will be so blurry that they’ll use it to further restrict political discussion so anything deemed misinformation (which changes monthly) by the establishment will disappear under the guise of protecting the children.
100% agree. Whenever a broker like Google slots themselves in social relations, they almost always gain power to change social reality by being dishonest translators.
I am worried by how much everyday banal activities are mediated by centralized IDs. Paying for a cup of coffee using your phone? Papers, Please. Opening your house with that shiny iPhone, ID, please. We have increased instances where we need an ID while also reducing ID options to the surveillance monopolies.
The definition of mature content will be so blurry that they’ll use it to further restrict political discussion so anything deemed misinformation (which changes monthly) by the establishment will disappear under the guise of protecting the children.
100% agree. Whenever a broker like Google slots themselves in social relations, they almost always gain power to change social reality by being dishonest translators. I am worried by how much everyday banal activities are mediated by centralized IDs. Paying for a cup of coffee using your phone? Papers, Please. Opening your house with that shiny iPhone, ID, please. We have increased instances where we need an ID while also reducing ID options to the surveillance monopolies.
Yup the digital dark age is becoming an abyss, hopefully the continued fall of the US doesn’t take us all down… And on that cheery note :)