Amidst all of the attention paid to last week’s Senate hearing on child safety online, it remains stunning just how little time was actually spent on how to help children online. Instead, we saw pu…

Politicians Are Using Kids As Props To Pass Terrible, Harmful Legislation. Don’t Let Them Get Away With It::Amidst all of the attention paid to last week’s Senate hearing on child safety online, it remains stunning just how little time was actually spent on how to help children online. Instead, we saw pure theatrical nonsense, with Senators insisting (falsely) that these five tech CEOs could magically stop bad things from happening to kids,…

  • @chalupapocalypseEnglish
    14•8 months ago

    More proof that kids ruin everything

    ISPs taking away newsgroups

    Pornhub deleting everything

    Craigslist personals going bye bye

    • @MrPoopbuttEnglish
      3•8 months ago

      ISPs taking away newsgroups?

      • @tabularasaEnglish
        4•8 months ago

        They took them away many years ago.

          • @[email protected]English
            4•8 months ago

            I believe what they are referring to is that access to them is no longer included in your isp package like email is, and requires additional payment, usually to a different company.

          • @tabularasaEnglish
            2•8 months ago

            Your ISPs, or do you pay for a third party like TweakNews or UsenetExpress?

            • @[email protected]English
              1•8 months ago

              I pay for one. I wasn’t aware ISPs ever provided them. TIL. I thought the comment meant they blocked usenets you pay for.

              • @tabularasaEnglish
                2•8 months ago

                Yeah, believe it or not they would come free from your ISP, back in the day. Those were the days.