Both the UK & AU have passed legislation in which they aim to “ban” social media for kids -16 (or that’s the excuse they’re using) when its the catalyst for mass surveillance (unfortunately, even if you tell them the truth: it’s either people including your own family consider you paranoid or a conspiracy theorist). To avoid that, one must gather sufficient evidence debunking or dispelling the lies being shoved into the masses via media.

The common defense for this is “think of the children” from either lazy parents or Christian conservatives as that’s the easiest lie ever told besides social media or internet usage (you heard that from games, movies or music restrictions in the past). IMO, “banning” SM outright or trying to reinforce AV towards everyone creates more hassle for both sides (users and companies) as SM companies can face large fines for non-compliance.

If you look at the larger picture: it treads on one’s liberties such as freedom of speech & expression as what appears to be “no SM for -16” soon morphs into a 1984-esque dystopia where people will be detained for speaking their mind or the truth. This is what digital privacy advocates fear, basically saying that internet anonymity will cease or be deemed illegal if people lack critical thinking or can’t see through the fog.

Even though the laws have passed in both countries: it does nothing as people (kids and adults) can still access SM. They know VPN’s exist, banning or trying to lock that under AV will make them look stupid. SM is toxic due to the slop and demographic, but IMO should remain up to the individuals or families rather than the government (all MSM side with the state using “no SM for -16” omitting mass surveillance in the headlines).

  • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 天前

    I get that SM = Social Media, not Scrum Master or Sadomasochism but what is AV short for? Neither Antivirus or Adult Video seem to match your intention. ;-)

    I believe the driving force behind these bans are two sides of the same coin, propaganda and disinformation or rather how to protect the citizens from it, and historically free societies are faced with a dilemma trying to find a counter to the polarization that happens through social media while remaining a free society.

    When the village idiot finds a group of similar minds online, and then feed on an echo chamber of shit, MAGA is born (and easily influenced by whoever can spin the rage bait correctly).
    Ban the echo chamber and the village idiot remains an unorganized fool.

    I imagine the focus on social media will soon fade as the new frontier of disinformation is polluting the LLM training data by creating a ton of websites parroting the view you want to infect the LLM with.
    We already have people asking AI and repeating the AI equivalent of putting glue on pizza and taking it as a fact.