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Surprising good news from πŸ‡«πŸ‡· !

"France's Constitutional Council strikes down social media ban for under-15s"

πŸ”— : lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2…

"In its decision, the Constitutional Council raised concerns about the possible impact on privacy from instituting an age-verification system for all users."

Wow! I was not expecting this at all.

#privacy #AgeVerification #France

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#privacy #France #ageverification

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Kitten.Koder

Here's the thing: we have destroyed the planet, there's almost no place for kids to go anymore because cars make getting there a very high risk trip and then the "parks" are too small for every kid in the area to be there. There's no more forests for them to explore either. Also it's too hot outside now.

They're online because they're fucking bored and can't go outside. Fic the climate, then the kids will go outside again.

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xs4me2

The problem here and the discussion here should start at the lack of accountability of the social media big tech companies for the irresponsible content that is hosted. Not with restrictions of users. It is that simple.

@EUCommission are you watching?

@European Commission
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xs4me2

We should…

Society cannot allow the manipulation of its citizens by fully untransparant algorithms and methods and by rogue state and other actors on these platforms that are affecting democratic processes and promote instability by spreading lies, propaganda and fake news, because that is what is going on. The social media providing these platforms need to be held accountable to prevent these unacceptable situations. It is that simple. Only then change will come!

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GeofCox

@xs4me2 @worik
I don't see a problem in law with drawing a distinction between genuinely co-operative, non-profit platforms like mastodon - in which individuals are responsible for their own content - and commercial platforms which centrally promote some kinds of posts for profit, by the use of algorithms, advertising, etc.

Legal distinctions like this are common in other areas of law - eg. in the UK a co-operative of producers is taxed differently from an agency acting on behalf of producers - which can be a subtle distinction, requiring fine legal judgement - but which has nevertheless been working pretty well for many years.

This could, in effect, make big commercial social media, porn, etc platforms legally liable for the damage they do, as other publishers are - and therefore immediate improvements to moderation and every other aspect of social and environmental responsibility.

@xs4me2 @Worik

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Paul Sutton (zleap)

I understand where they are coming from with this, but these big tech companies have been told to sort out their practices time and time again, to improve user privacy and safety and have failed. These bans are a result of that failure.

If social media bans can be a force for change, make these platforms better for all users, then that is a good thing.

Even young people have said they get harmful content in their feeds, when they don't want it. So big tech is still failing and replacing human moderators with AI does not seem to be helping the situation.

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