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However you look at it, #ageverification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

We've seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance.

What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the world are adopting it and how it's happening in 20+ countries in parallel.

It's like they're all in a group chat, fast-tracking this before resistance can even form.

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#Privacy #EU


'Major step forward': French lawmakers approve social media ban for children under 15

France's parliament on Tuesday approved a social media ban for children under 15. President Emmanuel Macron immediately hailed the "major step forward", saying in a video posted on social media that "France is leading the way in Europe when it comes …
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@avlcharlie @spytfyre messed up when our representatives are the 🦈 🦈 🦈
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I forgot who but a vpn provider got shutdown on malware/copyright yada just recently.. bloods in the water..
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Too hard to tackle the filthy spout of, so legislate for where it lands instead. As if I or a child can stop it.

I hate what my computer delivers to me via youTube or BBC or SkyNews and such and I pay for the computer and internet that puts it on my screen. I can't watch news without constant advertising or unwanted commentary - an example.

It's not much use "protecting" anyone from this. It's where it comes from that needs to be looked at.

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@TheDailyBurble 💯 Nicely said! It's much easier to take our rights, we don't need to them to work and pay up ;)
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That's exactly what's happening. Davos, Bohemian Grove, whichever cabal it is, it's the rich Epstein class trying hard to shut down all accountability for the oligarchy.

Defeating all forms of unmonitored communications, especially for the young, makes sure that there can be no next generation of resistance.

It's a war of extermination against everyone who believes in democracy.

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surely bazkie 👩🏼‍💻
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yep very scary. the power of lobby groups. they can push shit through FAST. shit nobody wants (except for some really naive people, I suppose)
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@bazkie 20+ countries at the same time, must be one heck of a lobby group!

I recently talked to somebody in the field (top 500 corp) and didn't get the sense that they could coordinate something like this.

Did you see the fast one they pulled with #chatcontrol?

heise.de/en/news/Procedural-tr…
techspot.com/news/113062-eu-re…


The EU just revived a law that lets Meta and Google scan your messages – critics call it mass surveillance

Europe's Parliament voted on Thursday to reinstate legislation that allows companies such as Google, Meta, and other digital communication providers to voluntarily scan messages, emails, photos, and...
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oh yeah I noticed. I wonder if the US moving to authoritarianism has kinda unleashed something in the EU as well; like maybe they feel "oh hey doing whatever the fuck we like is normalized now, so let's do whatever the fuck we like"?
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@bazkie 😂 looking at how the EU seems to have no own foreign policy, they might be like: let's also copy their domestic policies 👮👮👮 so we never have to think for ourselves again ;)
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I was really hoping the US going mad would make the EU 'profit' by going their own way. but yeah it seems to be the opposite 😬
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Yeah, woulda been great!

Looking at the EU being super wuper dependant on the US: cryptobriefing.com/eu-135-tril…

Plus the US having enough nukes and military in the EU to destroy it multiple times over, I see 0 geopolitical negotiation potential ;)


EU projects $1.35T investment target from Trump trade deal on track

The EU expects to meet its $1.35T trade commitment to the US by 2029, covering $750B in energy purchases and $600B in corporate investment flows.
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RE: mastodon.social/@madeindex/116…

@madeindex I think this shit is much more dangerous than "ai"

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2026-07-21 19:01:46

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However you look at it, #ageverification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

We've seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance.

What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the world are adopting it and how it's happening in 20+ countries in parallel.

It's like they're all in a group chat, fast-tracking this before resistance can even form.

france24.com/en/france/2026072…

#Privacy #EU



'Major step forward': French lawmakers approve social media ban for children under 15

France's parliament on Tuesday approved a social media ban for children under 15. President Emmanuel Macron immediately hailed the "major step forward", saying in a video posted on social media that "France is leading the way in Europe when it comes …
FRANCE 24

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It's being pushed by Meta who eant their Real Name Policy given the force of law.
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@a_cubed the fawning plug for eIDAS undermines the credibility of the article. I have no doubt Meta lobbied hard to pass the buck, although $2B is extremely high even for an astroturfing campaign.
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@fazalmajid Here is the original source friend: reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1r…

Yeah it is an insane amount of money, but doesn't sound too bad to me after this one: mastodon.social/@madeindex/115…
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It's official, the #Metaverse failed! Meanwhile I don't even know 1 person who ever visited it 😅 Not one(!) after: #Meta "...had funneled some $73 billion into Reality Labs.
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I actually had the original tethered Oculus Rift, still have an Oculus Go, a Quest 2 (purchased by a past employer, given to my parents) and a Quest 3 I also got for free from another employer.

I've used the Metaverse perhaps twice, but VR games like Call of Duty are extremely impressive and I like taking 360-degree panoramic photos using a Ricoh Theta Z1 and a DJI Osmo 360, have been shooting panos for over 25 years, and VR headsets are ideal viewing devices for these. So I am happy Zuck has been subsidizing the development of the hardware and cheap devices like the Oculus Go (sadly discontinued) to further my hobby.

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@fazalmajid Haha good argument, I also like #VR, it's awesome #tech.
Very glad at least somebody got something out of those $80 billion haha

What do you see as the next big development in VR btw? Do you predict full body experience hardware or something else will be next?
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@a_cubed it's pretty clear to me no one wants to use VR goggles for social networking of for work collaborations, so that leaves only entertainment: games, immersive move experiences. For games, the problem is bumping into walls. There was a company that made a kind of 360 degree treadmill so you feel you are walking but are actually staying in place. Most of these look like niche applications that won't justofy the investments sunk this far by Meta or Apple.

AR is another story entirely, and has potential, specially when combined with AI.

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@fazalmajid Solid logic, makes sense to me. With #AR I feel like it's somewhat on the back-foot at least in terms of compatible glasses. Seems like few glasses are trying to integrate a screen these days. Might be related to cost, but could also be demand. @a_cubed
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@a_cubed the technology is really hard. Apple hasn't even tried, they just buy off the shelf components from Sony. Meta is actually far more ambitious, they design their own photonics and even manufacture them themselves.
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Facebook's pivot to VR (becoming Meta) is not actually about making a success of social VR. Like their pivot to AI, it's all about maintaining the myth that they are a growth company not a mature one. Once they're seen as mature their market cap P2E ratio goes to 3 instead of 6 or more and they can't manufacture their own money (issue shares) any more. Pivot to video, pivot to VR, pivot to AI. Regular as bubble clockwork. Wait for pivot to Quantum when LLM bubble bursts.
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What about the use of the TOR browser ...
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@AH_99 They are working on solving the p2p e2e... issues ASAP, please stand by ;)

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It's ironic to see those same global elites who love partying with the likes of known & convicted child sex-trafficker Jeffrey #Epstein now urging worldwide restrictions on E2E / #VPN & promoting age, biometric, and identity verification online - all…
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Hopefully it gets repealed or stopped in some way in the long run.
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