Good in theory, but in practice... how is this going to be enforced? The only ways I can think of involve excessive invasion of privacy, again, under the banner of "Save The Children", again.
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France actually has a national digital ID scheme that provides single sign-on for government services, so let's see if they integrate with the existing technology or just leave sites to fill in the blanks with dodgy third-party age-verification like every other country that has tried this.
I wish those laws backfire and just make people abandon social media instead
I fucking knew this bullshit would spread worse than a bushfire when my corrupt government rammed it through.
Gotta frame the narratives properly for the next generation to be more malleable and predictable.
Interestingly, those pushing for the legislation are saying the same thing
Under the accelerated procedure, a bill may be read just once in each Parliament chamber instead of the usual two times. Macron said the move follows a pledge to have the law in force by the start of the next school year in September.
“This is a very clear message: the brains of our children and teenagers are not for sale. Their emotions are not for sale, nor are they to be manipulated, whether by American platforms or by Chinese algorithms,” he added.
And how are they going to implement that? Everyone will need to show their papers when using any social media sites?
It's just another way for the rich and the powerful to control the masses.
I love it when adults decide to punish kids for the fuck ups of adults by taking shit away from the kids and saying "that will fix it!".
It will not.
The internet is going to be a lot less stupid if this catches on.
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