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Canadian Identity Minister insists Canada will not capitulate to the U.S. on child social media ban (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Bills don’t do anything but provide political talking points until they’re signed into law.

Children under 16 aren’t leaving social media, even if there’s a federal law against it. Even less so than smoking and drinking alcohol.

All this does is changes the age they say they are when signing up for sites that attempt to enforce the law.

I mean, a 13 year old can stand up their own Lemmy instance and join the Fediverse… how is this law going to stop that?

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago

    That's where we get stage two, identity verification. Everyone will have to provide ID or some other form to uniquely identify themselves on the internet so they can track everywhere you go and everything you do, all while claiming "think of the children"

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