Young people should be able to access information, speak to each other and to the world, play games, and express themselves online without the government making decisions about what speech is permissible. But in one of the latest misguided attempts to protect children online, internet users of all...
  • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    politicians must somehow know better.

    No, no, the accusation is that politicians are lying.

    Let’s phrase this another way. Asking every single website in existence to implement and maintain an ID database and monitoring system is expensive, yes? So, why wouldn’t private companies shift some of this responsibility off to a 3rd party who specializes specifically in this service?

    If I were google, I would:

    • One, be very excited about tying a user’s account analytics to their government personhood; can’t multiple-credit-cards your way out of that one.
    • And two, already be looking at my own 3rd-party user login service as a means of beating out all competition in this space.

    The only thing left to do is lobby. Politicians might not have this vision, but they do understand really expensive dinners.

    • FishFace@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      No, no, the accusation is that politicians are lying.

      In order to be lying, they must know better - that’s my point. You can’t have a nefarious plan without understanding the plan.

      The only thing left to do is lobby. Politicians might not have this vision, but they do understand really expensive dinners.

      That is more of an uphill battle in an environment like Europe or the UK where politicians are deeply skeptical of American big tech companies.

      • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        1 month ago

        The plan is that they like money, and they’ll say whatever they have to to get more money. Or power, maybe.

        I don’t really need to know what their motives are, though, anyway. If they were saying that spilling gasoline over a fire would put out the fire, I know that they’re either lying for some reason, or they’re really fucking stupid. Kind of a distinction without a difference.

        where politicians are deeply skeptical of American big tech companies.

        I could believe that people are. Especially after recent events. But… you really think your right wing isn’t in bed with capital? Google was just an example, you know.