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'Major step forward': French lawmakers approve social media ban for children under 15 (www.france24.com)
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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.

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[+] -9 points 2 months ago (8 children)

The world is all doing this in a coordinated fashion because social media is causing many, well-evidenced problems.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Social media is indeed causing many probs.

    Destroying privacy on the internet is not the way to fix those.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

    Their solutions suck, I agree. These are designed by people who don't understand the role social media plays in people's lives in 2026. They should use parental controls for age-inappropriate content and require age verification to get algorithmic recommendations (to discourage people from doing so, if nothing else).

    But the problems are real, and that is the driving force behind this globally coordinated campaign of legislation. It's not some shadowy cabal of malicious people, it's a genuine worldwide crisis.

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