Extremely concerning how we are slowly losing our right to information on the internet because both sides want to "protect kids" from vaguely described "harms" while leaving a pedophile in office.
My favorite recurring bit in these End Times has been the ongoing collaboration between all of the most insane people in the U.S. and Israel to birth the Apocalypse Cow
When a democracy celebrates digital restrictions pioneered by regimes known for suppressing free speech, it’s further confirmation it’s not about protecting children.
“This movement” tells us everything we need to know about the intentions of the Nine Eyes, and Ireland.
There's effectively a mass infantilisation going on especially with regards to the Internet and being a user of it. This is the thing driving a lot of the pointless and unnecessary age restrictions and bans "for the safety of Are Children"
Social media bans, in their proclaimed function, are literally efforts to regulate the private social life, expression, and access to information of citizens --whether you want to view the children themselves as the subject of rights here, as you should, or their families.
If you were to listen to the BBC over the past couple of days you would think the only opposition to Internet Age Checking is Disgruntled Teenagers and Parents who Think It Won't Work. Not a single opinion has been expressed on why age checking entire population is a Bad Thing
Weird how so many countries are all pushing for internet surveillance and control all at once.
They've all decided that liberty is too dangerous (to them).
Countries that ban or heavily block/restrict VPNs:
🇰🇵North Korea (illegal, severe penalties)
🇨🇳China (only govt-approved)
🇷🇺Russia (must comply w/ blocks)
🇮🇷Iran (illegal)
🇧🇾Belarus (banned)
🇹🇲Turkmenistan (banned)
🇮🇶 Iraq (banned)
🇲🇲Myanmar (recent blocks + new law)
Soon to be added - 🇬🇧 Great Britain
What is happening to us...
Venezuela has to use VPN to access blocked websites, including Twitter. The regime has blocked VPNs too. They basically has tried to isolate us from the news and anything outside Venezuela. Don’t fucking let your government isolate you!
- ban porn
- ban social media
- ban apps being downloaded freely
- ban the entire internet
- ban AI chatbots
- ban VPNs
- ban video games
- lock all OS devices behind age (ID) verification
- "It's to protect kids!"
I'm really tired of this. It's so clearly not to protect kids.
The number 1 thing pisses me off today is how every company realized they can still technically operate at the bare minimum if they run a skeleton crew for everything. So now every service sucks, both for the workers and the customers, and we can't do anything.
France just torched its own backdoor argument.
They push Chat Control to scan your private messages “for safety” … while their official gov app Tchap got breached via one social-engineered account.
73k agents, 643k messages, 13.5GB files exposed.
The same state that can’t secure its own messages wants master keys to everyone’s chats.