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oni · . • ° 🇯🇵 & 🏳️🌈 conlivia stan
when conan says the wishbone deluxe songs are sort of dark do you think he means musically like the way The Best is a lot darker sounding than the rest of wishbone or do you think he means the contents of the songs
J Treek looks at the normalisation of Digitised ID in Britain. A government may, with ease, use such a system to ostracise, de-bank and deny you services & entry to public life. All things the state already does. Read it in @ReinersProject: reiners.org.uk/digital-id-the…
The House of Lords is set to defy Sir Keir Starmer for a third time this week by pushing for a ban on social media for under-16s to be introduced within a year. 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
Caitlyn Jenner reveals she can no longer travel internationally after her renewed passport was returned with a male gender marker under Trump’s passport policy. She wrote a letter to Trump asking for help but has yet to receive a response.
OS-level age verification bill introduced in the United States of America. This has nothing to do with protecting children. congress.gov/bill/119th-con…
I tweeted about digital exclusion and how older people (and people with brain injuries & disabilities) are locked out of healthcare services because of multiple complicated apps. This is one of the demands on my mum’s GP app. She has no idea how to film & upload her face.
Australia’s social media ban for minors isn’t working: 61% of kids still access accounts, while 4.7M were shut down. Meanwhile, 27% moved to riskier platforms. The ban isn't helping kids— it is harming them. Parents, not the government, are better suited to manage kids’ online use, says Cato's @dr_inserra. Learn more: ow.ly/6cM250YLfRN
The full text for HR 8250, the proposed Federal law which would require all Operating Systems to implement Age Verification, has just been made publicly available. It is short, poorly written, clearly not at all thought out, and almost entirely devoid of specifics. Some key points: - The bill does not specify how age verification would work at all. It states that the Federal Trade Commission would have 180 days to specify the exact mechanism and requirements for Age Verification within the Operating Systems. - The Federal Trade Commission would also specify data storage protection requirements as well as requirements for how the Operating System must provide access to collected user data. - This bill would apply to ALL Operating Systems. Everything from Windows to Linux to embedded systems. Yes, even to a smart refrigerator. The “Operating System” definition is incredibly broad. - The law will be considered in effect 1 year from the date it is enacted. - Violations of the law will be handled under the Federal Trade Commission Act. - It is given the “Short Title” of “Parents Decide Act”. congress.gov/bill/119th-con…
