▲ 114 ▼ UK Introduces Full Social Media Ban For Under 16s - Including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. (www.gov.uk) submitted 4 months ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] brillotti@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago (1 child) Enforcing this ban will be a privacy nightmare for people. permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Which is the idea, especially assuming it also targets the decentralized networks like the Fediverse. Like, will self-hosting Fediverse instances, and self-hosting anything at all even if it's completely offline suddenly be criminalized there? And what about open-source OSes like Linux and BSD? Will those also be targeted or will websites start blocking those OSes in UK borders now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Which is the idea, especially assuming it also targets the decentralized networks like the Fediverse. Like, will self-hosting Fediverse instances, and self-hosting anything at all even if it's completely offline suddenly be criminalized there? And what about open-source OSes like Linux and BSD? Will those also be targeted or will websites start blocking those OSes in UK borders now? permalink fedilink source parent