cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49729865
However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.
We’ve seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance.
What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the world are adopting it and how it’s happening in 20+ countries in parallel.
It’s like they’re all in a group chat, fast-tracking this before resistance can even form.
The cowards way forward.
Force these companies to drop their algorithms and do most recent posts by friends/follows.
This is so correct. Australia tried the ban and it’s done absolutely nothing. Put the restrictions on the ones causing the harm.
came here to post this
France first European country to ban social media access for under-15s
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/france-ban-social-media-access-under-15s“For four months, all of us in France will have to prove our age,” she told journalists. “If someone is under 15, the account will be closed.”
Thanks for also sharing this friend! We got to stick together to get through this! Best quote of all 100/100
there’s always quadrature but they haven’t yet published this one in English ☞
Derrière la vérification d’âge sur les réseaux sociaux, la généralisation du contrôle d’identité en ligne
https://www.laquadrature.net/2026/05/21/derriere-la-verification-dage-sur-les-reseaux-sociaux-la-generalisation-du-controle-didentite-en-ligne/jolie illustration! <3
Your crosspost spam is annoying, welcome to my banlist.
French kids about to become revolutionaries all over again by creating online spaces that adults can’t lock down. I’d love it if they brought back IRC and Usenet.
They are fast tracking it everywhere because billionaires are paying them too.
Capitalism baby ;)
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Social media is indeed causing many probs.
Destroying privacy on the internet is not the way to fix those.
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None of this is about online safety. It’s not age verification, it’s ID verification.
Exactly. As Louis Rossmann says, don’t accept the premise of assholes
You’re dreaming. The reason they are doing this is surveillance of the population.
There are well-evidenced problems, sure. But what these governments think are the well-evidenced “problems” versus what you think they are, are two very different things.
