jabjoe comments on Ofcom outlines ways social media can verify ages of users

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

How does this protect us from Boomers voting based on what they read if Facebook? Or Karens on mumsnet, or divorced dads and incels on X?

I worry about that much more than teens seeing porn or LGBTQ+ info.

Edit: To be clear, I don't worry about it all. If anything, I worry about them not getting info.

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[–] Tweak@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

This is exactly the issue with how they're dealing with this. Social media sites aren't just harmful to children, they're harmful to everyone. Instead of regulating against the people who access them, the government should be regulating the social media sites themselves - specifically their intentionally gamed algorithms.

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Yep. Not just the gamed algorithms, but also the lack of fact checking and moderators. All the guardrails removed, and then algorithms pushing unhealthy engagement.

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[–] cosmos8188@leminal.space 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

teens seeing porn or LGBTQ+ info

That is such a non-problem, that the other stuff you said should really stick out like a sore thumb. Of course, in reality, its the opposite.

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

I think if you go after the real issues, you are making voters looks at themselves. Which they won't like.

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