<![CDATA["Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship.]]>"Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship.

Children have rights too and these policies will harm their free expression and privacy rights, and push them into less regulated spaces."

🗣️ ORG's James Baker on the under-16s social media ban.

https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/15/britain-plots-digital-bedtime-after-kicking-under-16s-off-social-media/5255341

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/4628d37f-d585-4061-9ec2-e8a893a157f3/every-failed-attempt-to-make-children-safer-online-is-followed-by-more-surveillance-and-censorship.RSS for NodeFri, 19 Jun 2026 11:48:04 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2026 18:58:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:07:15 GMT]]>@openrightsgroup In case this did not reach you yet, the official german ethics board is in line with your arguments, njoy:

https://www.ethikrat.org/en/press/press-releases/no-blanket-social-media-ban/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://geraffel.social/users/littledetritus/statuses/116755925255129120https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://geraffel.social/users/littledetritus/statuses/116755925255129120Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:07:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:36:02 GMT]]>@openrightsgroup
> Compel social media companies to be transparent about the algorithms that determine which content we see

They can not "show the algorithms" at least since the PageRank retired. That's why they are paying now "mainstream" ie old media to pump this nonsense.
And even if such an algorithm existed for more than a microsecond, it would be utterly useless to anyone trying to control its owner.

> and give users the ability to control how they work

This could somehow be done, but it would hamper their bottom line too much. And their ability to micromanage social moods. Their ability to sow discord that pays in eyes and clicks.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115995911458254842/statuses/116755802505752004https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115995911458254842/statuses/116755802505752004Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:36:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:00:33 GMT]]>@openrightsgroup Seems as though all the people in the world with all the money in the world want to make this world their personal club house and kill, maim or incarcerate the poor people.
Of course, I could be wrong.
But I'm not.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116755662966652662https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116755662966652662Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:00:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship. on Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:00:16 GMT]]>A social media ban won't fix online harms.

That's because the business model creating them is left untouched.

It just makes every user do an ID check to prove they’re over 16.

Instead we should tackle the attention capture economy of targeted ads and personalised algorithms.

Sign our petition ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech

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