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minus-squareShakyPerception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·1 year agoI am pretty sure these laws have nothing to do with “protecting children”
minus-squareEighthLayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s the same rhetoric that the UK government are using to get a backdoor on messaging apps with E2EE.
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoThe UK is trying to get the age verification for porn thing going as well.
minus-squareKhotetsu@lib.lgbtlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYeah, anytime you see somebody making the “think of the children!” argument, look at what the possible end goal could be with that removed. Protecting kids is a favorite smokescreen because kids can’t speak up for themselves in these cases.
I am pretty sure these laws have nothing to do with “protecting children”
It’s the same rhetoric that the UK government are using to get a backdoor on messaging apps with E2EE.
The UK is trying to get the age verification for porn thing going as well.
Yeah, anytime you see somebody making the “think of the children!” argument, look at what the possible end goal could be with that removed. Protecting kids is a favorite smokescreen because kids can’t speak up for themselves in these cases.