If you have been wondering about the effectiveness of the social media ban of under 15 year olds, this study got you :)

Spoiler: 92%+ of kids age 14-15 in #Australia still use it 🥳

Meanwhile IMO forced verification of users had a much better success rate 😉

Source:
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#Privacy #ageverification #IDverification #Study #Data #Science #Survey #Tech #SocialMedia #Technology #Internet #Censorship #Authoritarianism #MassSurveillance #Surveillance

This is one of the most chilling manipulative lie I have read in a while. And I have read a lot of chilling manipulative lies from that American administration:

“When the leftist protests that we are violating his rights, understand that he is lying to try to persuade people who are not closely following the political scene that some injustice has been perpetrated against him. We must stay the course and be completely unflinching in the pursuit of justice against these enemies of civilization.”

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

#USpol #Fascism #Authoritarianism

‘Enemies of civilization’: top Trump officials launch sweeping attack on left

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller took aim at only leftwing activism at meeting of 66 nations against political violence

^{Aram Roston (The Guardian)}

Because #Trump wants to impress #Xi, he is unnecessarily spending more #TaxpayersMoney. It’s all about his insecure little #ego.

Trump speeds up #helipad project ahead of Xi visit, adding $875K to cost, records show

The contractor has sought to shave off more than a month of the planned timeline, requiring 24/7 work, documents show.

#USpol #narcissism #greed #authoritarianism #ManBaby
washingtonpost.com/politics/20…

The #Trump admin imposed #sanctions last year against Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the #InternationalCriminalCourt. Now, she & 2 other judges are suing Trump & his admin, claiming the penalties exceeded his authority.

The case, filed in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, is the latest effort to challenge what many experts have described as the Trump admin’s efforts to undermine #InternationalLaw.

#law #ICC #imperialism #authoritarianism #tyranny
nytimes.com/2026/06/24/world/e…

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"As long as children are treated solely as objects of protection and not as people with rights of their own, they’ll continue to be invoked in the name of shrinking individual liberties and space for dissent. Human rights advocates need to equip children to thrive, not just protect them from harm." thenation.com/article/world/lg…
#politics #authoritarianism #LGBTQ

Protecting Children Means Defending LGBT Rights | The Nation

Around the world, governments are scapegoating LGBT people to build popular support for their erosion of individual rights—often under the guide of protecting children.

^{smccroskey (The Nation)}