Politicians Are Using Kids As Props To Pass Terrible, Harmful Legislation. Don’t Let Them Get Away With It - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/05/politicians-are-using-kids-as-props-to-pass-terrible-harmful-legislation-dont-let-them-get-away-with-it/ "we saw pure theatrical nonsense, with Senators insisting (falsely) that these five tech CEOs could magically stop bad things from happening to kids, if only they would just “nerd harder.” " #kosa
@glynmoody https://qoto.org/@olives/111832774730509831 It also won't "fix" what people dislike about platforms either. Brief post on "platformization".
https://qoto.org/@olives/111853578250172533 A few seem to think this thing with the "search warnings" is some sort of "scandal", but with how fuzzy it is in practice, the more likely explanation is that Facebook just sucks at communicating, and also might not want to censor legitimate content. It also doesn't seem that blunt instruments work.
"safetyism" is also a magnet for bad faith and awful arguments...
@olives also, facebook makes so much profit they can continue to do what they do, then pay any relevant fines later, and come out ahead....they don't care